As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a forceful call against ...

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

The Court of the Gentiles was the place outside the Temple in Jerusalem that was accessible to non-Jews. It was the place ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

In a message addressed to Latin American priests, seminarians, and religious men and women studying in Rome, Pope Leo XIV encouraged them to remember their calling to follow Christ and strive to place ...