COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but ...

16 1222 Finally, Baptism is prefigured in the crossing of the Jordan River by which the People of God received the gift of the land promised to Abraham's descendants, an image of eternal life.

Full text of the homily delivered May 20, 2025, the day he visited the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV offered a message of love and unity during an inaugural Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square ...

The Holy See press office released a new photograph of Pope Leo XIV on Friday, available for free download at this link.

Photos of "a pope in muddy boots" began circulating on social media shortly after Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as Pope Leo XIV. The story behind the images tells of a pastor in close kinship ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine at his inaugural mass.

Known as the “Apostle of the ... his trip to Damascus, Paul had a dramatic conversion to Christianity after personal encounter with Jesus. It marked the beginning of his 180-degree turnaround from ...

Looking out at the staff, he likened it to St Paul preaching in the synagogue to both Jews and Gentiles. “What a mixed bag we are,” Archbishop Coleridge said in his homily. He said while most were ...

He distinguihed between "pastor" and "preacher," "There are a number of women who are preachers who are preaching the Gospel today ... But he feels the amendment should have recognized Paul’s teaching ...