Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

The new Mass, Pro Custodia Creationis (For the Care of Creation), was initially ordered by Pope Francis, who made the ...

The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress. They offer the public a chance to see firsthand the ...

While strolling through the Twin Cities, you might spot a monarch or swallowtail butterfly drifting gracefully through patches of blooming flowers, dusting themselves with pollen.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York education officials won't rescind the state's ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing ...

We have white smoke! 133 voting cardinals elect a new pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, on the second day of the conclave. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope, the first U.S. pontiff in … ...

A new Pope has been chosen. He is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the first American Pope in history, and he will be known as Pope Leo XIV, according to an announcement from the Vatican.

Perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, three birds were the among the first to glimpse the white smoke signaling a new pope. Listen to this article · 2:54 min Learn more Share full article ...