COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

THE STAGGERINGLY well preserved corpse of a 16th century Catholic saint stunned onlookers when it was unveiled to the public. Many faithful Catholics were overwhelmed when the saw the body of St.

John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16 ... elected in 2005. Pope ...

Canterbury Cathedral has been a significant pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. Despite the West’s growing secularization, there seems to be no shortage of travelers from around the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first ...

The dust has settled after the conclave, and Robert Francis Prevost has emerged as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Now ...

The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria. With a span of more than 1,270 years between them, Pope Francis’s ...