In ancient Rome, hope was venerated as a minor goddess, Spes, but usually on a communal, national level. Politically, Spes ...

ROME (AP) — Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its ...

The fact that Leo has called a consistory so soon into his papacy is significant. Whereas Francis was given to carelessly ...

At the start of the new year, the pontiff met with diplomats accredited to the Vatican. The topics he touched included the ...

Delivering his first annual foreign policy speech, Pope Leo did not hold back in his criticism for the might-makes-right ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD – "Too close for comfort." That is how Pope Francis boys’ hockey coach Brian Foley described Thursday’s game, as Rocco DeLuca scored one of his game-high two goals to help Natick make ...

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A blindingly white-and-silver Leica camera owned by the late Pope Francis sold at a European auction this weekend for about $7.5 million, nearly 100 times its estimate. It was one of the most ...

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Pope Leo XIV meets Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2025. Lula holds a book with a black and white photo representing the Asháninka ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in ...