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(OSV News) — Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in...

PARIS -- As the world watches Rome for the election of a new pope, the southern French city of Avignon reflects on its own...

ROME -- Of the 135 cardinals eligible to enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect the next pope, one absence has sparked...

The papal conclave begins today with the first voting expected to come by early afternoon (Eastern time) or early evening (Rome time). It is...

ROME -- As cardinals from around the world gathered the morning of May 5 for another day of general congregations ahead of the May...

Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square, waiting for the sign that a new pope has been elected. All watch as the dark wisps of...

PARIS -- As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis...

The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state's Catholic bishops. The...

ROME -- If you thought Italians were only obsessed with soccer, think again. With the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor still days away,...

ROME -- In a powerful, unexpected moment at the Vatican, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met inside St. Peter’s Basilica...