Catholic Church

Border chief Tom Homan rebuked Pope Leo XIV for failing to understand that President Donald Trump’s border policies are saving the lives of thousands of migrants each year. 

Catholic priests in Jalisco, Mexico, took to the rooftops on Sunday to display the Blessed Sacrament and pray for peace in their country as a terror campaign in response to the elimination of a top cartel boss plunged much of the country into chaos.

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on public display for the first time, giving his hilltop Umbrian hometown yet another reason to welcome pilgrims.

When we are reminded that civilization is worth fighting for—and must be fought for—Archbishop Fulton Sheen resonates. 

The controversial alleged likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni featured on a recently restored image of an angel in a church in Rome has been scrubbed off pending a decision for its replacement.

The alleged likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni featured on a recently-restored image of an angel in a church in Rome will be removed at the request of the Vatican, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Tuesday morning.

The Seahawks secured for themselves a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl, but a wild internet theory suggests it may be divine intervention. 

Nearly 4 million Venezuelans participated in this year’s La Divina Pastora (“Divine Shepherdess”) Catholic procession in the city of Barquisimeto, Lara, the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional reported on Thursday.

The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Leo XIV held a surprise in-person meeting with Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado shortly before she is expected to meet with President Donald Trump.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday delivered a fierce condemnation of gambling, denouncing the activity as a “scourge” that ruins families and must be combated.

Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, organized a Christmas celebration on Sunday featuring a child nativity play during a visit by Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to the war-torn territory.

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate.

Nicaragua’s communist regime is banning travelers from bringing Bibles into the country, the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa reported.

The U.S.-based Cuban news outlet Martí Noticias reported on Thursday that the Communist Party on the island has ordered the expulsion of Father José Ramírez, a priest stationed in Havana who rang the bells of his church on Monday in solidarity with protesters who had taken to the streets that night.

Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras on Wednesday denounced that the socialist regime seized his passport and prevented him from traveling out of the country.

Pope Leo XIV, addressing the leaders of the government of Lebanon on Sunday, urged them to consider “what can be done to ensure that young people in particular do not feel compelled to leave their homeland and emigrate. ” He added rejecting migration is “very valuable” and requires “real courage.”

Pope Leo XIV held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities in Turkey.

Breaking with his predecessors, Pope Leo XIV declined to pray at the Blue Mosque of Istanbul on Saturday as he continued his first international tour as the Bishop of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV led a prayer meeting for Catholics in Turkey, highlighting Turkey’s status as a “holy land” critical to early Christianity.

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to pray for him on Wednesday as he prepared to depart for his first international tour as the Archbishop of Rome, stopping in Turkey to mark the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and in Lebanon to meet with the Christian community there.

Pope Leo XIV kicked off the first foreign trip of his papacy Thursday, landing in Turkey to begin a six-day Middle East tour.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused of abuse.

Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe testified before the House of Representatives on Thursday, detailing the “gory” violence Christians face.

Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the persecuted Christians of Nigeria during his public address on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope in history, hosted a star-studded event at the Vatican attended by Hollywood A-listers and filmmakers from around the world where he celebrated the art of cinema for its ability to bring the human condition to visual life on a mass, communal scale.

A statement by U.S. Catholic Bishops acknowledges that governments have the legal right and moral duty to curb migration for the common good.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in history, will host a gathering of Hollywood talent at the Vatican as part of his initiative to “deepen dialogue with the World of Cinema.”

A backlash has reportedly been brewing against Polish actress Kasia Smutniak being cast as Mary in Mel Gibson’s upcoming “The Resurrection of the Christ” due to her pro-abortion activism.

Traditionalist Catholics who felt abandoned after Pope Francis restricted the old Latin Mass rejoiced Saturday as they celebrated the traditional liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit approval of Pope Leo XIV.

The Vatican news agency Fides, in anticipation of the Catholic “World Mission Sunday” on October 19, published statistics on the world’s Catholic population revealing a boom in the number of faithful in Asia and Africa in particular.

The Archdiocese of Caracas announced the abrupt suspension on Wednesday of a scheduled weekend Mass in celebration of the recent canonization of Saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles, Venezuela’s first Catholic saints.

King Charles III prayed alongside Pope Leo XIV, an ecumenical service intended to build ties between long estranged churches. 

Charles III to travel to Vatican for state visit, where he will pray with Pope Leo , the first time such a thing has happened in centuries.

The small but devout Christian community in Gaza is slowly starting the process of rebuilding after Israel and the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas agreed to a peace deal, brokered by the White House, this week, Father Gabriel Romanelli of Gaza City’s Holy Family Church said on Monday.

A man has sparked outrage after climbing onto an altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, dropping his trousers and urinating in front of stunned onlookers. 

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem – the top Catholic authority in the Holy Land – issued a statement on Thursday celebrating the news that the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas had agreed to accept an agreement to end its war with Israel brokered by President Donald Trump.