Pope Francis challenged us to rediscover the Church not as a fortress, but as a field hospital—welcoming, healing, and journeying together. With Laudato Si ' and Laudate Deum, he taught us to see the earth as a common home, entrusted to our care, especially for the sake of generations to...
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been appointed titular cardinal-bishop of Albano, a suburbicarian diocese just outside Rome previously held by Pope Leo XIV before his election, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) confirmed on May 24. Tagle, who currently serves as...
The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Paul of the Cross in Marikina City has been officially elevated to the status of a minor basilica, marking a historic first under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV. CBCP News, in a post on May 20, announced that the Vatican 's Dicastery for Divine Worship and the...
On Easter Sunday, April 20, at 6 p.m. Manila time, I watched Pope Francis on television giving the traditional Easter blessings to a large crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Rome and to millions of people online all over the world. It was obvious that he was not in the best of health, so his Message...
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history 's first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in Saint Peter 's Square before an estimated 200,000 pilgrims, presidents, patriarchs, and...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history 's first American pope, is vowing to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary is offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter 's Square...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history 's first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St. Peter 's Square before tens of thousands of people, presidents, patriarchs and princes in a ceremony that blended ancient ritual,...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter 's Square on Sunday, greeting the tens of thousands of people who joined presidents, patriarchs and princes for the formal installation ceremony of history 's first American pope that blends ancient...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, in one of his first audiences as pontiff that reaffirmed his appeal for a peaceful, negotiated end to Russia 's war. His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk said he invited Leo to...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican 's official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the first words he said to the world as pope: "Peace be with you all!" The @Pontifex – Pope Leo XIV post featured some of the photos that have...
NEW YORK (AP) — News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV ’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions within its ranks. From U.S....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. “I, too, address...
