The Vatican has confirmed the heartbreaking news that has shaken the world, sparking a wave of tributes and expressions of mourning from world leaders and faithful followers across the globe. St.

When twins Peter and Paul Reynolds got the call from Loyola Press asking for their help writing a storybook with the late ...

Pope Leo XIV waves from his popemobile at the end of a Mass for the Jubilee of Migrants and Missionaries in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed this appreciation when receiving Italy’s Inspectorate for Public Security for Vatican City, which is ...

Pope Leo stressed that the cardinals “may feel inadequate,” faced with the pressing challenges of the contemporary world “where satisfaction and hunger, abundance and suffering, and the struggle for ...

To Ahmad Muna, co-owner of The Educational Bookshop, Francis' near daily phone calls to a Catholic Church in Gaza in the last ...

The story that dominated the Catholic news headlines in 2025 was, of course, the death of Pope Francis and the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. These were NCR's most read — not necessarily the most ...