Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, Catholicism holds “animals have mortal souls that perish when the body dies;” therefore, animal souls ...

In this continuing series on the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, the story of New England begins in a region that was, from the start, among the least welcoming places in early America for Ca ...

For two millennia, Catholic thinkers have struggled to reconcile the horror of violence with political responsibility. As ...

Rome has been called the city of domes. The greatest of them sits majestically atop St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest and grandest church in the world. By law, no building in Rome’s city center may ...

Some evidence allegedly shows Vatican officials — not necessarily the pope — possibly used AI to publish Leo's first ...

Eighteen years after protests forced Benedict’s cancellation, the episode still reveals a deeper clash between faith, reason, and the fallacy of much secular tolerance. Italian police block the main ...

(RNS) — ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ gives us the tools to extend the church’s social teaching into the places the encyclical itself did not go. Three areas in particular call out for exactly this kind of ...

When we listen to each other across lines of disagreement and difference, when we take time to “waste time” on activities that do not contribute to problem-solving or economic production of value, we ...

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Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a swoosh in Vatican City. By Jacob Gallagher For a few hours Pope Leo XIV had sneakerheads stumped. Near the end of last week, the Vatican released a trailer for “Leone a ...

The meeting at the Vatican followed President Trump’s condemnation of Pope Leo XIV for opposing the war in Iran. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Rome Amid growing tensions between President Trump and ...

Sneakerheads have inspected the images of the then-Robert Francis Prevost, in an effort to determine what model the white-with-black swoosh kicks might be. While some suggested the Air Force 1 or the ...