Pope Francis announced Friday that the Catholic Church will celebrate its first World Day of Children in May 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Dec. 8 to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate ...

Leo XIV recites the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace. ‘Let us express our joy, for the immaculate beauty of the Mother of God.’ Mary's “yes” is “wonderful” and can be emulated ‘in prayer and in ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday wished for the country’s officials to be guided by wisdom and discernment, institutions thoroughly cleansed, and Filipinos united in hope, following the ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day ...