“Never meet your heroes” is an old adage, but it’s apparently one that Surrealist superstar Salvador Dalí never paid much mind. In fact, even after a disappointing meeting with the father of ...

“Seldom in history have a man’s four-score years been turned with greater joy to all men who seek peace and righteousness here on earth, with greater and holier triumph following long days when bodily ...

A newly created Catholic diocese in China’s Hebei province ordained its first bishop, selected under the recently renewed but secretive Vatican-China agreement on bishop appointments, says a report.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Giuseppe Wang Zhengui, 62, was installed and ordained as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday (Sept. 10) in an important milestone for a ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a ...

During another Jubilee Year 75 years ago, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption. Pius XII — whom the Church now honors as “Venerable” in recognition of his heroic virtue — ...

Pope Leo XIV greets meets people outside the St. Thomas of Villanova Church in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Aug. 15, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV ...

COMMENTARY: Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor. Pope Leo XIV tours St. Peter’s Square in a surprise visit July 29 to the Jubilee of ...

Pope Leo XIV waves after arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 6, 2025. The pope will stay in Castel Gandolfo for his customary retreat through July 20. (OSV News photo/Alessia Giuliani, CPP) Pope ...

My first Pope-related experience came when I was assigned a scrapbook on the late Pope Pius XII. Since he died in 1958, I assume this was a life summary scrapbook and I would have been in second grade ...

Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for June, a month devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is "that the world might grow in compassion." "Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a ...