"Dear brothers and sisters, our faith in Christ tells us that our bond with the faithful departed is not severed, but transformed," Pope Leo said.

During a papal audience with 6,000 fans, alumni and athletes the day before game day, Pope Leo dribbled a golden basketball in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

A federal appeals court panel ruled Idaho's abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the law.

The leadership of the Polish bishops' conference warned the escalating dispute over the C Tribunal "is leading to a profound crisis of the state." ...

National Vocation Awareness Week "reminds us of the beautiful witness of those who have responded to God's call," Archbishop Hicks of New York said.

As the nation heads to the midterm elections Nov. 3, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls and help the faithful exercise their right to vote.

In casting his ballot, Pope Leo became not only the first pope to vote in a U.S. election, but also provided what some observers called a timely moral witness.

Archbishop Alarcón spent his first year in Cusco traveling the diocese, which includes urban areas, remote mountain villages and a jungle region.

Standing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV addressed Catholics around the world with a message of peace and a call for Christians to "journey together toward the ...