17 h. ago Jesus, not Mary, saved the world, Vatican declares as Pope Leo calls on Catholics to stop using her 'confusing' title

The move settles an internal debate that has befuddled senior Church figures for decades, and even sparked rare open disagreement among recent popes.

Politics

65 h. ago From Pop Idol to Pope Idol! Scottish singer Michelle McManus shares the stage with Pope Leo as she performs new hymn in Rome

She won Pop Idol in 2003 - now Scots singing star Michelle McManus is Pope Idol after sharing a stage with Pope Leo to perform a new hymn in Rome.

Politics

3 d. ago Michelle McManus sings for the Pope after being specially selected for the Pontiff

Michelle visited Rome to meet Pope Leo along with guests including Hollywood legend Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Politics

3 d. ago Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education a priority

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the church

Politics

5 d. ago Catholic Church brands priest who sold his own soul to Satan newest saint

Bartolo Longo was one of seven people to be officially deemed a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIV, but his story includes a twisted deal with the devil

Politics

6 d. ago Pope condemns antisemitism and vows to fight it as tensions rise over Israel's war in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the Catholic Church's commitment to fighting antisemitism amid rising tensions from Israel's war in Gaza

Events

7 d. ago Pope reaffirms dialogue with Jews as he marks 60th anniversary of a key document

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews

Culture

7 d. ago Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives

Pope Leo XIV is urging Catholic teachers to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives

Society

8 d. ago Pope Leo reveals first foreign tour with visit to site of Beirut blast

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign visit as pope

Politics

8 d. ago Lithuania closes border with Belarus after balloons shut down Vilnius airport – Europe live

66 objects spotted on radars overnight as prime minister says ‘no hybrid attack will be tolerated’ and pledges to shoot down any more balloonsMeanwhile over in the Czech Republic, the country’s president Petr Pavel has tasked the populist billionaire Andrej Babiš with leading talks on forming the new government after recent parliamentary election.Babiš told the president – who defeated him in the 2023 presidential elections – that the coalition talks were already under way, and “promised to hand over the text of the coalition agreement and programme priorities” later this week, according to a readout issued by the presidential office. Continue reading...

Society

8 d. ago Lithuania to close border with Belarus after balloons shut down Vilnius airport – Europe live

66 objects spotted on radars overnight leading to fourth closure of airport in a week as prime minister says any more balloons will be shot downLithuania’s Ruginienė also said that the country was not ruling out the possibility it could call for Nato’s Article 4 consultations, Reuters reported.The Article 4 – not to be mistaken with much more serious Article 5 provision – allows countries to call for Nato talks “whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.” Continue reading...

Society

9 d. ago Pope Leo's astronomer says he would baptise an alien into Catholic church

Father Richard D'Souza says any little green men and women we find would be one of God's creatures and he would have no problem allowing them into the Catholic church

Politics

1 week ago Top American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in sign of hope for traditionalists

Traditionalist Catholics are celebrating after Pope Leo XIV approved the old Latin Mass at St. Peter's Basilica

Politics

1 week ago King Charles and Pope Leo XIV make history with joint prayer in Vatican's Sistine Chapel

King Charles and Pope Leo XIV made history when they prayed together during a service in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Charles and Queen Camilla are making a two-day state visit to the Vatican

Culture

1 week ago Photos of King Charles III and Queen Camilla visiting the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. The event marks the first time since the Reformation that the heads of these two churches have prayed together.

Culture

1 week ago King and Queen pictured with Pope Leo XIV for first time in 'historic moment'

Charles and Camilla arrived at the Vatican this morning

Politics

1 week ago King Charles joins Pope Leo in historic prayer during Vatican visit

Momentous state visit to Holy See understood to be deeply significant for monarch personally and will celebrate Papal Jubilee held every 25 years

Culture

1 week ago King Charles puts on display of Christian unity as he becomes first British monarch to pray with the Pope in 500 years

King Charles and Queen Camilla were introduced to Pope Leo XIV in the Apostolic Palace library - the traditional place for such meetings - after arriving in the San Damaso Courtyard.

Politics

1 week ago King Charles prays with Pope Leo at Sistine Chapel in historic service

King Charles has become the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope, since the Reformation five centuries ago.

Culture

1 week ago King Charles prays with Pope Leo at Sistine Chapel in historic moment

Charles becomes the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope since the Reformation

Culture