The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

“A moment of great familiarity” is how Abbess Maria Cristina Daguati of the Augustinian convent in Montefalco, Italy, described Pope Leo XIV’s visit on Thursday. After visiting the tomb of St. Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing on the contemplative dimension of the ...

This Thanksgiving season, the mission is to give thanks for those devoted to the poorest communities. It was the mission of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo, long before he was elected to lead the world’s ...

Pope Leo XIV also traveled to the city of Montefalco, where he celebrated Mass in the monastery of the Augustinian nuns, which was erected in the 13th century. Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St.

Pope Leo XIV, an American, was elected as the 267th pontiff on May, 8th, 2025, following a papal conclave conducted by the ...

DALLAS — A priest traveled thousands of miles away from his North Texas parish with a special request of Pope Leo XIV. Father Paolo Capra of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Dallas' Pleasant Grove ...

Father Paolo Capra, pastor at St. Augustine, made the trip to Istanbul with the brick, which will be the first stone of the new parish they plan to build.

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

In Lebanon, a nation where churches and mosques stand side by side, Pope Leo XIV discovered the evidence he was looking for: ...