Bishop Avilés served nearly two decades in parish ministry in Pharr and Hidalgo, Texas, and later held leadership roles ...

At a shrine topped by a 28-foot-tall statue of Our Lady of Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV listened to stories of unshakable faith amid ...

Pope Leo was met at the Beirut airport by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Cardinal Bechara Rai ...

On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of his predecessors would ...

As he had done throughout his visit to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV spent his last morning in the country reaffirming the Catholic ...

With their different rites, cultures, languages and races, Catholics find a unity around the altar that "is a gift from God.

Pope Leo XIV, like his two immediate predecessors, visited the so-called Blue Mosque in Turkey's capital; he spent about 20 ...

Pope Leo XIV, speaking to Christian leaders in Turkey, said he hoped they could meet in Jerusalem in 2033 to celebrate ...

Although the ancient city of Nicaea lies in ruins and the geographic center of Christianity has shifted West, Pope Leo XIV ...

"We earnestly ask for Your mercy and compassion on all the deceased, granting them rest," the diocese asked God in a prayer ...

Since ancient times, Romans 13 has been read by Christians at Advent. To wake up spiritually to the reality of Christ's ...

Meeting leaders of Turkey's small and varied Catholic communities, Pope Leo XIV asked them to embrace their "littleness" as ...