4+ hour, 53+ min ago  (643+ words) (AFP) " Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on Monday, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American pontiff. Algeria is the first stop on an…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1318+ words) Pope Leo sets out on a 10-day visit to Africa'his first as pope to this continent'on Monday morning, April 13. He will visit four countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, in that order. It is a challenging and complex trip,…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1082+ words) In the city where this beloved devotion originated, the Sisters of Merciful Jesus witness in the footsteps of the "Apostle of Divine Mercy." On a narrow cobblestone street in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius" Old Town, pilgrims and locals alike…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (284+ words) I still remember my grandmother spending many evenings glued to re-runs of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's show'Life is Worth Living.'Her fondness for him introduced me to his gravitas and eloquence. Even decades after originally delivered, his preaching felt strikingly brave…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago  (154+ words) The Church invites us to gather each Sunday, mindful that it is not always easy to believe. Sometimes we struggle like Thomas did, but with the Body of Christ at Mass, "It is there that our faith grows and is…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (464+ words) While following in the footsteps of St. Augustine, the former bishop of Hippo, on April 13, 2026, Pope Leo XIV will become the first pontiff to step foot on Algerian soil. However, Africa's largest country isn't an isolated case. Out of the…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago  (476+ words) Fibonacci Blue | CC BY 2. 0 In November 2025, at a time of critical immigration uncertainty in the United States, the U. S. Catholic Bishops issued a strong statement in defense of the human dignity of all people. They launched You Are Not Alone, an…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (79+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Father Emmanuel Katongole, a priest and professor of theology at University of Notre Dame, about the significance of Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa this week. Pope Leo to visit Africa, where the church says…...

14+ min ago  (922+ words) The liturgy was part of a global response to Pope Leo XIV's appeal to pray amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Washington Archbishop Cardinal Robert Mc Elroy celebrated a Mass for peace on April 11 at the Cathedral of St....

22+ min ago  (840+ words) Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on a 10-day papal trip to four countries in Africa from April 1323. On the heels of his first apostolic visit of 2026 to Monaco on March 28 and after presiding over Holy Week and Easter…...