A top Vatican official has denied claims that Pope Leo “snubbed” trans activists at the Jubilee Lunch for the Poor.

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Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a Dominican, gestures during a news conference in the Archbishop House in London April 21, 2025, following the news of the death of Pope Francis. (OSV News photo/Marcin ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

MANILA – As white smoke curled into the Roman sky and bells rang across St. Peter’s Square, Catholics around the world exhaled with anticipation and awe. The election of a new pope is always historic, ...

VATICAN CITY — The day after Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the liturgy with the cardinals who ...

What’s in a name? That’s a question Catholics often ask after a new pope is elected. One of his first official acts of a new pope is to choose a name. Deeply symbolic, the name often reflects the pope ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, was elected as the new pope on Thursday, May 8 and took the papal name Leo XIV. This marks the first American pope in history, elected after only two days of ...

(Reuters) -Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV and becoming the first U.S. pontiff. Here is the ...

A new pope is expected to be elected by the College of Cardinals during a secret conclave beginning May 7 at the Vatican. Upon election, the new pontiff will choose a regnal name — a centuries-old ...