VATICAN CITY — Two weeks after ascending the throne of Saint Peter, the first pope ... during World War II, Pope Pius XII refrained from directly criticizing Adolf Hitler. Francis also took ...

They were beatified on May 13, 2000, by St. John Paul II ... in 2000 during the transition to the third millennium. Pope Pius XII was ordained a bishop on May 13, 1917, the day of the first ...

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.

marks a significant milestone as the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine and the first born in the United States. A dual citizen of Peru and the U.S., he is also the second pope from the ...

Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously popular ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Diocese of St. Petersburg held a special mass at St. Petersburg Catholic High School’s Chapel on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the selection of Pope Leo XIV.

People watch while Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience, May 21, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The Rev. John Lydon, his fellow Augustinian ...

I cover policy issues relevant to preserve a free economic system The election of Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, has renewed interest in the teachings of St. Augustine (354-430).

The Pope’s appeal comes as the numbers of dead and injured in the Gaza Strip continue to rise under Israel’s attacks. At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025 ...

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)(Gregorio Borgia / AP) ROME (AP ...

23, 1978, just five days before he died. The last Italian pope recalled that “Saint Pius X upon entering Venice as patriarch, exclaimed in Saint Mark’s: ‘What would become of me, dear ...

Perhaps many Catholics wonder who Pope Leo XIV’s favorite saint is. A Peruvian missionary priest who is a close friend and confidant of the pontiff said he knows the answer in this little-known ...