Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella of Monaco have received the Sacrament of First Communion. See the photos the palace ...

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) have hailed the Thursday, May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal ...

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President Trump reacted on Truth Social to the announcement of Pope Leo as the first U.S. pope. Pope Leo XIV is far from the first to influence Catholic leaders worldwide. Bishop Matano recounted the ...

For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of the Catholic ... on the first Sunday of Advent, let us take this opportunity to reflect on the manner in which we receive our Lord in holy Communion.

“Today we were so proud to support Nalin in his faith journey as he was confirmed into the Catholic Church, completed RCIA, and received his first holy Communion,” she said of her so ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Prevost, the first American pope, will head up the Catholic Church as Leo XIV ... married Catholics should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion due to his position regarding the ...

Although hope had swelled in recent weeks in the Philippines — Asia’s largest majority-Catholic ... his first full day as the new pontiff, according to Vatican News, the Holy See’s official ...

The Catholic Church practises closed communion and only baptised members of the church are permitted to receive the Eucharist, or Holy Communion.