Pope Leo XIV

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear some of Jesus’ exhortations on how to follow him and be witnesses to his kingdom.

“It’s a very good initiative of the pope and very useful for him and for the unity of the Church.”

The pope said his ministry “cannot be carried out alone,” and he called on the cardinals to support him by offering frank and sincere counsel.

More than 450 laypeople, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students and family members gathered for the ministry’s fourth conference. The event marked the fifth anniversary of the Outreach ministry itself, which …

The Church is facing pressures from within and without that “which push her in every possible direction, except — it seems to us — the right one.”

Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel laureate, celebrated novelists and authors from nearly a dozen countries met at the Vatican for an audience with Pope Leo XIV.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said …

“When we participate in the Eucharist, we are invited to listen to the Word of God and to be nourished at the Lord’s table, where he offers himself to the …

The Code of Canon law says extraordinary consistories are convened “when particular needs of the church or the treatment of more grave affairs suggest it.”

The National Constitution Center will bestow its Liberty Medal on Pope Leo July 3 during a public ceremony outside its location at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.