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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of ...

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Remember, when you gather others into the people of God through Baptism, and when you forgive sins in the name of Christ and the Church in the Sacrament of Penance; when you comfort the sick with holy ...

Jn 21:15-17), the field (cf. Mk 4:1-20) entrusted to us to protect and cultivate, to nourish with the sacraments of salvation and to make fruitful by our sowing the seed of the Word, so that, ...

“At first glance it might not seem the most original choice, but it could be a symbol from the new Pope to continue the work of Francis.” Meanwhile, Professor Brandon Gallaher, from the ...

“The Sacrament of Penance is sacred and will remain that way.” In the Catholic Church, priests are not allowed to divulge anything revealed in someone’s confession. Canon law says “the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:09 p.m. Rome ...

I am a scholar who studies Roman Catholic theology and history. I am particularly interested in how popes exercise authority and leadership today, including their use of symbols. When Pope Francis ...

Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect to authorities, even if that knowledge arises during the sacrament of confession. It has outraged many ...

The Gospel of Matthew inspired an enduring Christian symbol: Jesus passing the keys to Peter. Cardinals are now choosing who will hold the keys — and their power ...

The pre-Columbian African belief comes from the theory that Africans arrived in the Americas before Columbus, and some carvings looking similar to African symbols. In 1974, two male skeletons with ...