As a practising Catholic, I was raised to revere the Mass as the highest form of worship -- a sacred moment in which heaven touches earth and the faithful encounter the divine. Over the years, my ...

Today, sacred music has transcended church walls. Hymns like And My Heart Is Happy Again by Father Thành Tâm or Prayer of ...

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

Instead of seeing the Latin Mass as a source of vitality in the Church, Francis denounces it as a rallying point of dissent. The celebration of the old rite, he argued in a letter to bishops that ...

Pope Leo XIV formally becomes leader of the Catholic Church in inaugural Mass. Vice President JD Vance watched as Pope Leo XIV formally assumed his role as the leader of the Catholic Church St ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — A special mass was held at the newly-renovated St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown St. Joseph Thursday. Bishop Edward M. Lohse, of the Kalamazoo Diocese, blessed the more ...

Pope Leo XIV has entered the Sistine Chapel to celebrate his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church. 4:54 a.m. EDT In Peru, Chiclayo locals celebrate the rise of a bishop they knew ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass as the new pontiff He tells cardinals in the Sistine Chapel that he hopes his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the dangers caused by a lack of faith and hoping the Catholic Church could ...