BATA, Equatorial Guinea — The walls around Equatorial Guinea’s notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV’s visit Wednesday, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine. Shouting “freedom”…
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pope Leo XIV can say what he likes about world issues, but needs to understand the realities of a “nasty world.” The American president and the…
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate on Wednesday, greeting thousands of faithful in St Peter’s Square before the service in an usually informal style. During the mass,…
ROME — Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn’t want to arrange a game with the…
Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Fr. Robert Prevost once visited Cebu in 2004. Photos from the Order of Saint Augustine – Province of Cebu Philippines Facebook page shows a younger Prevost attending the 19th Anniversary of…
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.…
VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday, May 8, 2025, after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church.…
Vatican City, Holy See – Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of…
ROME — The first clue of the next pope’s direction will be the name the winner chooses. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first…
VATICAN CITY, Holy See – All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, two days before they gather in a conclave to elect the next…
VATICAN CITY — Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from…
MANILA – Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has criticized US President Donald Trump for posting an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope, calling it offensive and insensitive in light…
