Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and an address calling for peace in Ukraine ...

The audience marked the first by history’s first American pope with the Israeli head of state. The Vatican has tried to maintain its tradition of diplomatic neutrality throughout the war, calling for ...

Pope Leo XIV and his top diplomats told Israel’s president Thursday that a two-state solution was the “only way out of the war,” as the Vatican called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the release of ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican May 10, 2025, during his first formal address to the college since his election May 8. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

An economics paper published last month on religious service attendance trends in 66 countries concluded that the implementation of reforms associated with the Second Vatican Council likely ...

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(RNS) — The new US ambassador to the Holy See may faithfully represent the White House's conservative agenda, but his appointment's real purpose seems to be to sow more discord at home. (RNS) — On Aug ...

The vice president made the blunder on MSNBC’s Meet the Press while discussing Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine war ...

But what about priests? The Council ran the risk of neglecting this topic amid other pressing themes. One prominent Council father, the Belgian Cardinal Leo Suenens, voiced the complaint of some ...

“Vatican II will be remembered in history as the Council of the advancement of the laity in the Church,” commented one Council Father during the discussion of the Council’s document on the apostolate ...