A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34) Jesus describes as ‘new’ a commandment known since the time of Moses. What is new ...

The total area deforested in the South American country last year dropped to 1.24 million hectares — a 32.4% decrease from 2023, MapBiomas said in its May 15 report. The previous year ...

Pastoral Visit of Pope Francis to Korea, visit to Solmoe Shrine on August 14, 2014. (Photo by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Korean Culture and Information Service Korea.net / CC BY-SA 2. ...

Are the divisions between cardinals overblown? Are political analyses of the conclave accurate? On May 7, just after the doors of the Sistine Chapel had closed behind the cardinal-electors, a ...

The disciples stand with their eyes raised to the sky, watching the one who taught them how to truly love disappear from view. It’s the moment of the Ascension. From the outside, it might just ...

The October 2024 assembly marked the most female-inclusive synod in Church history. Around 50 women took part—and voted—in the second session of the Synod on Synodality. The right to vote at ...

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, South Netherlandish — Master of the Legend of St. Augustine (fl. circa 1480–1490). (Photo: Creative Commons CC0 1.0) Pope Leo XIV entered the ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 11:50 a.m. local time, signaling that the latest vote was inconclusive. It was the second ballot of the conclave’s first full day and the ...

"Saint Theresa of Avila" (after 1669) by Luca Giordano (Naples 1634-Naples 1705) — Santa Teresa a Chiaia Church in Naples. (Photo by Carlo Raso / PDM 1.0) Before we return to the surprising link ...

The boat "Le Bel Espoir" welcomes eight groups of 25 young people on board to sail across the Mediterranean. (Photo courtesy by Diocese of Malta) “Peace.” That was the word Pope Leo XIV ...

Francis II? Benedict XVII? John Paul III? One of the most symbolic acts at the start of a new papacy is the choice of a pope’s name. Once elected by the College of Cardinals, the new bishop of ...

A powerful image: On May 11, after reciting the Regina Caeli prayer, Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, which had been sealed since the death of Pope Francis on ...