The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

The sounds of an organ bellows across the pews of the hall of the St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville ... Russo as he stands in front of the church's altar. The Italian made organ sounds ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Turning to the First Communicants who would be receiving Jesus that day, he said this would be a day they would never forget.

"There are no altar serving 'trips to the cabin' anymore," he said. That caution exists everywhere, not just in the Catholic Church, said Lori Ann Post, director for the Institute for Public ...