Monday’s meeting was significant, representing Leo XIV’s first clear, personal outreach to a leading traditional community ...

Influencer Paul Kim is reflecting on the loss of his 5-year-old son Micah, who died on Dec. 31 after contracting a serious ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday announced a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York, tapping Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois to lead one of the nation’s largest and most influential ...

Pope Leo XIV opened the new year Thursday with an appeal to the world for peace and urging people everywhere to begin 2026 by rejecting violence and committing to reconciliation. Speaking during his ...

December 2025 marks the centennial of Pope Pius XI’s 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, which established the feast of Christ the King. Today, this feast is often commemorated by your average, milquetoast ...

Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), the 265th pope, served from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013—a period of 7 years, 10 months, and 10 days. He voluntarily resigned from the papal office. On February ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In 2025, the Catholic Church and the Vatican witnessed the death of Pope Francis and the election of the first pope born in the United States, Leo XIV. While the year was marked ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FOUR STARTS NOW. THE REMAINS OF TWO IOWA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS KILLED IN SYRIA EARLIER THIS MONTH ARE NOW HOME. A PLANE CARRYING STAFF SERGEANT NATE HOWARD AND EDGAR TORRES TOVAR ...