The Jesuit superior in Angola reflects on Pope Leo’s message of peace to a country still scarred by 27 years of civil war.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in Angola April 19 in Kilamba, a fast-growing city about 20 miles from the capital, ...

After praying at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Saurimo, Leo proceeded to the site of the Mass, attended by ...

Pope Leo told the Angolans that in the Gospel story “the path is laid out” for their future, “to begin anew” with, on the one ...

His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. By Cláudio C. Silva and John Eligon Cláudio C.

In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, with the holiday overshadowed by war and restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre, where the faithful ...

A childhood memory of growing up in a crowded Ukrainian apartment, surrounded by family and unconditional love - suddenly became the inspiration for a song written in just half an hour. In 2023, I ...

Italian Catholic priest Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be allowed to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after Israeli authorities earlier in the day prevented him from entering the church ...

World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. Subscribe ...

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - Israel blocked Jerusalem's Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister ...

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at ...