More than a half-million people expected at Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Cameroon
Pope Leo traveling Friday to Douala, Cameroon’s main port city, to celebrate Mass and visit a hospital
The Vatican predicted some 600,000 people would turn out for...
Many US Catholics dismayed by Trump’s verbal attack on Pope Leo XIV
Broad Catholic political spectrum dismayed over Donald Trump’s unprecedented verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead their church
WASHINGTON: A majority...
Pope Leo to visit Italy’s Lampedusa island in July
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV in July will visit the Italian island of Lampedusa, a landing point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, the Vatican announced om Thursday.
Vatican says it will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Some of Washington’s Middle Eastern allies have joined but its Western allies have stayed away so far
Italy and the European Union have said their representatives plan...
A look at Ramadan and how Muslims observe the holy month
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar; the month cycles through the seasons
Ramadan is followed by the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr
Vatican offers dialogue with breakaway Latin Mass traditionalist group, but with a catch
The Society of St. Pius X has been a thorn in the side of the Holy See for four decades
SSPX first broke with Rome in 1988...
Pope Leo warns of ‘new arms race’ as US-Russia treaty to expire
New START, the last nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow, is due to expire on Thursday
The treaty was signed in 2010 by then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
Palestinians have right to live in peace in ‘own land’: pope
The two-state solution “remains the institutional framework that addresses the legitimate aspirations of both peoples. Instead, we unfortunately see escalating violence in the West Bank against Palestinian civilians, who have...
Pope opens 2026 with plea for peace in countries bloodied by war, families wounded...
ROME - 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...
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
“How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold?” the pope asked
Sarah Mullally warned during Christmas...