Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional ...

Current administrator of the New York Archdiocese and archbishop from 2009 to December 2025, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has often served as the public face of Catholicism in the country, both as president ...

The figure of Pope Pius XII, who led the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958, continues to generate intense controversy. For some, his apparent silence regarding the Holocaust represents a stain on ...

Across nearly 2,000 years, popes have been involved in peace efforts – almost always on the sidelines. Can the papacy keep ...

A new memoir reveals the true story of a Jewish child in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Polish Resistance. This isn't just ...

Little Edna’s War will be published on January 27, 2026, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It tells the extraordinary true story of the youngest decorated soldier in the Polish Home Army, a ...

Pope Leo delivers first annual address to diplomats at Vatican Leo, first US pope, decries using military for diplomatic aims Pope urges governments to 'respect the will' of Venezuelans Leo also ...

Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an important speech to diplomats gathered in the Vatican. The first United ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV used his first annual address to urge peace in language and actions Credit: Stefano Spaziani via AP Photos Pope Leo XIV – the first American to lead the Vatican – used his ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday by urging Christians around the world to help people in need and treat foreigners with kindness. Leo, who has repeatedly stressed the ...

Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries “bloodied by conflict” and families wounded by violence.Leo celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St.