The election of Pope Leo XIV marks a turning point for American Catholicism and global Christianity, reshaping political, ecclesial and cultural dynamics in the United States and beyond.

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

“It felt like a watershed moment, a breakthrough after decades of hard-won fights by people who had been campaigning for this ...

Doug Wilson has built a theocratic regime in Moscow, Idaho, where men rule and biblical teachings guide everything. Now he’s taking the model national, with a receptive crowd in the GOP.

The Nemi Strawberry Festival is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the Castelli Romani area near Rome, and in 2025 it ...

Her grandmother, a Catholic, said so outright ... bunny rabbits, and eggs as pagan symbols of fertility and rebirth. Fourth-century Romans already celebrated the rebirth of Sol Invictus (the ...

Further reading: The symbol, a source of harmony The ... which explains its presence as protection in many pagan rituals. In the Catholic tradition, until before Vatican II, baptismal water ...

I never thought I’d live to see an American pope. And yet, here we are: Pope Leo, a humble son of Chicago, a scholar steeped ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of ...