Archbishop Paul S. Coakley

“The more people know about him, and find in him an attractive, credible witness, the more people will come to him to seek his intercession.”

In casting his ballot, Pope Leo became not only the first pope to vote in a U.S. election, but also provided what some observers called a timely moral witness.

“This is not easy work, in part because so many people feel that prisoners facing death have entirely forfeited their human dignity and right to life.”

President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 called off Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.

Catholic leaders across the nation are continuing to express their shock and concern over the Trump administration’s plans to livestream a military execution.

After Pope Leo XIV announced his upcoming surgery to remove a lung nodule, Catholic bishops, clergy, religious and faithful in the U.S. offered up prayers.

In a post published Oct. 10, on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the pope said the common good of humanity can be safeguarded without the death penalty.

After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic …

Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, presented Pope Leo XIV with a relic of the recently beatified Blessed Fulton Sheen during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 5.

The first American-born bishop will be beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis.