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Tragedy has loomed large this year. Yet, amid violent attacks, both religiously motivated and those on college campuses, ...

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has ...

The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...

Pope names pro-immigration bishop to Florida diocese near Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Rev. Rodríguez advocates for migrant assistance ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen When Catholics around the world welcomed the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the ...

‘Indeed, they themselves became lamps capable of spreading the light of Christ,’ Pope Leo XIV said in his homily on Oct. 19. Pope Leo XIV presides at the Oct. 19, 2025, Holy Mass and canonization for ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been speaking out about a new civility campaign targeting manners, flight behavior and appropriate dress for airplane travel. Duffy recently drew attention to ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a centuries-old tradition shrouded in secrecy: the papal conclave. Two weeks later 133 ...