The “Honoring Those Who Were Enslaved: Do Justice, Love Goodness, and Walk Humbly” project was several years in the making ...

This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily at the Mass he celebrated Nov. 16, 2025, for the Jubilee of the Poor in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

“Today, in various parts of the world, Christians are subjected to discrimination and persecution,” he told an estimated ...

Before joining hundreds of people for lunch, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all ...

In a video released a few days before the meeting, Pope Leo said his four favorite films were: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the ...

From the start of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall plenary assembly to its end, a resounding concern for the God-given dignity ...

On the feast of the patron saint of immigrants – and a day after the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a special pastoral message on immigration – a coalition of Catholic organizations held a second wave ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a “special pastoral message on immigration” Nov. 12, voicing “our concern ...

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by first lady Melania Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said its mission “is one of justice, not charity. It is justice, because we are ...

Before the Mass began, first grader Sydney Soriaga and sixth grader Arzu Kojesta presented the life of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint. They shared how Saint Kateri, known as ...