For someone for whom the idea of a celebrity culture putting people on an undeserved pedestal was distasteful, it's a bit ...

On the eve of the conclave, I find myself a bit struck by the amount of attention it seems like the whole world is giving to ...

In the United States, there are roughly 30 million practitioners of yoga, alongside an expanding industry providing ...

This week has been a 145-mile, all-weather trek along the pastoral surf-town coast of Cantabria. I used to think there was ...

A day after the conclusive papal election, more U.S. Catholic cardinals and bishops voiced their gratitude, joy and hopes for the ministry of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from their own ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the College of Cardinals Saturday morning for his first official address since his election, outlining key priorities for his pontificate in the age of a new industrial revolutio ...

After the entire world hears the words "Habemus Papam" and learns there's a new pope, the questions start: Who is he? What will he do, and how will he compare with previous popes? To gather some ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike were abuzz with excitement in Chicago May 8, after one of the city's native sons became pope. Taking the name Leo XIV, the new pontiff has made ...

As I have been privileged to travel around the world, witnessing the work funded by the Pontifical Mission Societies (TPMS), I make it a point to carry World Mission Rosaries with me. The World Missi ...

Israel's mission -- to be God's instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth (see Isaiah 49:6) -- is fulfilled in the Church. By the ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter's basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning sent a message of prayers for firefighters May 4, the feast of St. Florian, the patron saint of ...