Pope Leo XIV received U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today (video), three days after President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the Pontiff.

“Even the Vicar of Christ can be thwarted by a customer service representative,” The New York Times reported. Father Thomas McCarthy, O.S.A., recounted that two months after his election as …

Pope Leo XIV today received members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard and their families, a day after 28 new members were sworn in.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on May 6 that he sees a “consonance of thought” between the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and the writings of the future Pope Leo.

Pope Leo sent a written message to Gaza’s sole Catholic parish on May 4, the parish’s pastor revealed. Father Gabriel Romanelli, I.V.E., said: The Pope sent us a message expressing …

It is not easy to write a successful novel about a parish that operates under the aegis of Summorum Pontificum—but all the time is expected, by the chancery, to fail. …

Representatives of the state-sponsored Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and Chinese Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered in Beijing in April to study “Xi Jinping Thought, Xi Jinping’s statements on religious work, Xi …

A vandal, or vandals, damaged a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a memorial to homicide victims at a parish in Oakland, California. The United States Conference of Catholic …

Twenty-eight new members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard were sworn in during a ceremony in Paul VI Audience Hall on May 6 (video).

Thirteen Lebanese priests taking part in a video call with the apostolic nuncio were surprised when Pope Leo XIV joined them. “The Pope greatly encouraged us,” said Father Elias, who, …