“It is a nostalgic disease ,” he said in 2023 when discussing the traditional Mass.

The Charlotte bishop, appointed by Francis in 2025, stated his opposition to Latin prayers, Gregorian chant, many traditional vestments and "ad orientem" Masses in which priests do not face the ...

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

"Let us bring the peace of the risen Lord to our world, with the freedom born of the knowledge that we have been loved, ...

Persecuted Christians face violence, social exclusion, destruction of churches, and often death. Yet their suffering rarely makes the mainstream news, overshadowed by geopolitical conflicts or ...

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics -- he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid.

On hand in the square on Sunday for Leo's first noon prayer were two of Europe's more firebrand conservatives, France's Marine Le Pen and Italy's Matteo Salvini.

On hand in the square on Sunday for Leo's first noon prayer were two of Europe's more firebrand conservatives, France's Marine Le Pen and Italy's Matteo Salvini.