This weekend’s readings invite us to reflect on the theme of peace — not simply the absence of conflict, but a deeper peace ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

The first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV, acknowledged the weight of his new role during his inaugural Mass in the Sistine Chapel.

Pitcured is the Nativity of Our Lord Parish First Holy Communion Class. First row, from left: Anna Alba, Reagan Russick, Zoe Zlotek,Nora McGowan, Bridget Soy, Fiona Melucci, Mina Boam, Carley Davies.

Congo and the jungles of Papua New Guinea. It also illustrated what the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: their ...

Argentinian-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the Catholic Church's 266th pope and the first ever from Latin ... 2025. The Holy Communion is being distributed among the cardinals at the funeral ...

The Holy Communion is being distributed among the ... becoming the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is a central act of worship in the Catholic church where believers and worshippers participate ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – among the crowd at Pope Francis’ funeral in St Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

It marks the occasion of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, during which he instituted the sacrament of Holy Communion just prior to his arrest and crucifixion. This sacred day, occurring on the ...