VATICAN CITY — Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the importance of dialogue and his hopes for a just and lasting peace in the region.
"In addition, the questions of prisoners of war and the need...
VATICAN CITY — Welcoming a group of new ambassadors to the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV told them, "The Holy See will not be a silent bystander to the grave disparities, injustices and fundamental human rights violations in our human...
Jubilee years, typically scheduled for every quarter-century in the life of the church, are always meaningful occasions. But a jubilee with two popes is an extraordinary occasion, one which last occurred in 1700.
This year has been extraordinary not just...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, local author and retired school psychologist Mike McGrew will discuss his new book, "The Boy Who Would Be Santa."
In this historical fiction picture book, the story of St. Nicholas...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published Dec. 9 that he would be open to meeting with Pope Leo XIV and responded to the pontiff's pushback to his immigration policy.
Pope Leo has been...
The official start of the winter sports season was on Dec. 4, but many of the teams had not hit the court, pool or track before this week. By the end of this week, all teams should have at...
Amid immigration detention sweeps in Louisiana -- part of an ongoing nationwide campaign by the Trump administration -- Bishop Michael G. Duca of Baton Rouge has issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass for those concerned for...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With Advent having begun just six days prior -- a spiritual season marked by themes of hope, peace, love and joy -- more than 30 people braved the bitter cold in Syracuse Dec. 4 to speak...
PARIS -- Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening Dec. 7 with a major milestone: more than 11 million people have visited the iconic cathedral in the past 12 months. The cathedral had been closed...
A group of national and Delaware-based disability and patient advocacy organizations joined a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to declare the state’s physician-assisted suicide law unconstitutional and to block its implementation.
The Institute for Patients' Rights is among the...