ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year's Day ...

Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in St.

Greeting pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Jan. 1 Marian solemnity, the Pope said: ‘God, the good Creator, has always known Mary’s heart and our hearts. By becoming man, he makes his ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors in St. Peter's Square as they gather to pray the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Holy Family, Dec. 28, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media.

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Melissa Joan Hart is reflecting on “one of the worst days” of her life. The “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” star opened up about the incident, and how Britney Spears was involved, while looking at ...

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Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 2025 on Wednesday to invite Catholics to look back on the past year with gratitude and repentance, and to place what lies ahead in God’s hands ...

Helen Newlove's career in politics was driven by the death of her husband Garry, who was murdered by three youths in 2007. She served as Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, a role she was ...

Pope Leo XIV prays while celebrating Vespers in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 31, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Leo XIV closed the year 2025 condemning what he said ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from a mini popemobile during an event with Lebanese young people in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2025. (CNS ...