VATICAN CITY – The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favour of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Both the Vatican and the U.S. State Department stressed that Rubio’s meeting with Leo and the Vatican’s top...
Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French Bishop’s conference confirmed May 6. During the visit, French bishops...
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have jointly published a new document offering guidelines for families related to the care for creation and human life. The 79-page document, titled...
A street corner in Brooklyn, New York, is now honouring Catholic social activist and journalist Servant of God Dorothy Day. The intersection of Pineapple and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights was renamed to “Dorothy Day Way” on May 2. Born in Brooklyn and raised in...
Venerable Father Augustine Tolton-the first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States-surmounted racial tensions and divisions that marked the country in the 19th century and lived a full life serving the Church and its faithful, while being loved by...
