Rome's historic Risorgimento Square was transformed into an outdoor concert venue to host a festival marking the close of the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, which was ...

Laudato Si' could be as transformative as Rerum Novarum, which opened the fruitful chapter of Catholic social teaching. Let us walk with Pope Leo XIV in writing this next chapter, already off to a ...

Such efforts "just might," NCR's Michael Sean Winters writes, "help overcome the polarization found in both the Catholic Church and the wider culture." ...

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Pope Francis, the Holy See and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops say all the COVID-19 vaccines are morally acceptable. But some Catholics wrongly support "religious" exemptions on the basis ...

During a press conference on the papal plane from Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis reiterated his message that the church is open to everyone including LGBTQ people and all marginalized groups.

Pope Leo XIV has not yet had a chance to let his personality break through in a defining way. Yet if history is any guide, the stage is set for something big to emerge when Leo takes the stage ...

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The Trail of History: The Doctrine of Discovery originated from a series of papal bulls issued in the era following the Crusades.