Twelve years—2013 to 2025—on the throne of Peter is a significant stretch, though still short when compared to the 26-year reign of St. John Paul II or the 20 years of Pope Pius XII.

He welcomes you into his office, a rare gesture. In the Vatican, custom is clear: visitors are not to be received where a cardinal works. Grech decided long ago to set that rule aside. At the ...

At the edge of the Polish border, the 12th-century Kalozha Belarusian Orthodox Church in Grodno overlooks the calm waters of the Neman River. This is where Father Georgij Roi ministered for ten ...

The Armenian people suffered horrific massacres in the 19th century under the Ottoman Empire — including the Hamidian massacres, which left 200,000 dead — followed by the Armenian Genocide of ...

A recently published research paper stated that in August last year, 39 percent of the U.S. population aged 18-64 used generative AI. More than 24 percent of workers used it at least once in the ...

La Croix: You followed the election of Pope Leo XIV from Villanova University, near Philadelphia, where you teach—and where the pope had studied mathematics and philosophy in the 1970s.

Holy Mass for the retreat for praise, welcome, introduction and meditations for the Synod of Bishops, The official opening of the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod ...

Pilgrims gather in 2006 for an International Youth Festival outside the Church of St. James in Medjugorje. (Photo: Piotr Frydecki/Wikimedia Commons) Every Marian apparition places the Catholic ...

Reclaiming one’s inner life can sometimes feel like a relentless battle fought both within and outside oneself. This struggle is evident in the intense spiritual trajectory of Etty Hillesum ...

Czech theologian and sociologist of religion Tomas Halik says the Catholic Church must “wake from its nap” and embrace a more mature form of Christianity. In an interview with La Croix, Halik ...

Clémence Pasquier was diagnosed with an incurable disease at the age of 30. (Photo: Elisabeth Rull/La Croix) God is not dead. But sometimes—perhaps even often—God is silent. And His silence ...