A leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any ...

LATIN has been the official language of the Catholic Church. Papal documents are promulgated in Latin. Church documents, most ...

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, ...

Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and kneelers in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, 31 of the diocese’s ...

The announcement appeared last week in the calendar of papal liturgies published by the Prefecture of the Pontifical ...

NCR readers respond to stories about Pope Leo and Vatican II, liturgical variety in the church and Vice President JD Vance's ...

While Catholics have been accustomed to the famed silver papal staff featuring the suffering of Christ crucified and used by ...

Charlotte priests appeal to Rome as episcopal authority collides with Catholic tradition.

Founded in 1506, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the world’s longest continually operating army, and, with a maximum of 135 ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Pope Leo XIV greeted Vice President JD Vance with only a brief handshake after his inaugural Mass on May 18, while holding extended private meetings with world leaders. The 17-second ...

Since starting his second presidential term a year ago, Trump’s policies and actions have drawn ire on multiple fronts, ...

Most Latin Americans are Christian, and Catholicism remains the dominant religion. But the exodus from the church continues ...