Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints
Those canonised at the Mass were: St John Henry Newman, the British theologian, poet and cardinal who died in 1890; Brazilian St Maria Rita Lopes Pontes, popularly known as Sister Dulce, who died in 1992; Indian St Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family, who died in 1926; St Marguerite Bays, a Swiss laywoman and mystic, who died in 1879; and St Josephine Vannini, the Italian co-founder of the Daughters of St Camillus, who died in 1911.
Pope Leo calls for prayers for peace and those suffering due to war
Following the catechesis of Sunday's Angelus, Pope Leo XIV called on everyone to pray for peace and to remember all who are suffering due...
Pope at Audience: Trust in God’s timing and grace
"Every suspended time can become a time of grace, if we offer it to God," said Pope Leo XIV during his weekly General Audience on...
Pope to celebrate Mass for 7th anniversary of Lampedusa visit
Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Wednesday to mark the seventh anniversary of his first papal trip outside Rome, which saw him visit the Italian island of Lampedusa to offer comfort to migrants.
Catholics in Gaza are burying dead in Muslim cemeteries
In the chaos of the Israel-Hamas war, where any movement can be fatal, even burying the dead is not guaranteed. Hundreds still...
Seoul archbishop expresses concern as North Korea severs all communication with South
Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, has voiced deep concern over the growing divide...