“The peoples of our world desire peace,” Pope Leo XIV said, “and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let us talk, let us negotiate! War is never inevitable.”
Pope Leo is an avid tennis player and fan and had said earlier this week that he would be up for a charity match when it was suggested by a journalist. But, Leo joked, “we can’t invite Sinner.”
It is not an exaggeration to say that between 1940 and 1980, the author and critic Riley Hughes reviewed well over 1,000 books for different Catholic magazines.
Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that had left thousands of people homeless.
“I invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine. Such a visit would bring real hope to all believers and to all our people,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X.
Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.
May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter: This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between heaven and earth.
An early signal that Leo XIV will build upon Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants could show that the church’s efforts are not tied to one pope but to 2,000 years of Catholic teaching.
Greg Heille, O.P., joins “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to reflect on the homiletic legacy of Pope Francis: always on message, spoken from the heart, simple without losing depth.
Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.
I listened to Pope Leo’s first messages with Augustinian ears. In his first words from the balcony, and then in his homily at his first Mass, I heard abiding themes from the Doctor of Grace.
So many who work today with migrants around the world have observed a human family where millions of people are on the move, suffering and persecuted. How can we best serve migrants in our social and intellectual apostolates?
A meeting with the College of Cardinals, a visit to Pope Francis’ tomb and an address to the media: Gerry, Sebastian and Ashley unpack it all on the final episode of the Conclave Podcast.