UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Smallwood, an eight-time Grammy nominee, died on Dec. 30, at age 77 of complications from ...

Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an important speech to diplomats gathered in the Vatican. The first United ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Dec. 10, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola ...

Mr. Gibson is the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. Since his election in May as the first American pope, Leo XIV has become a political and temperamental ...

The pontiff used an annual address to ambassadors to the Vatican to condemn countries that prioritized violence over diplomacy to achieve their goals. By Motoko Rich and Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an unexpected papal transition. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ...

Pope Leo XIV called for Venezuela to remain an independent country, backing respect for human rights around the world a day after the United States conducted an early morning strike in Venezuela and ...

Pope Francis wasn’t perfect — but compared to the men who came before him, he looked like a spiritual Che Guevara. He condemned unfettered capitalism, challenged wealth inequality, opened the door ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino “War is back in vogue, and a zeal for war is spreading ...

In Peru every August, throngs of Catholics set out on foot from the remote northern town of Motupe, bound for a cliffside chapel that houses the Cross of Chalpon. The cross, made of guayacán wood and ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the Cardinals gathered at St. Peter's Basilica for his first Extraordinary Consistory in Vatican City on January 8, 2026. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the ...