Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

Today more than ever we need teachers and catechists who can bring people to a new encounter with the living God who reveals ...

On May 8—the second day of the conclave—at Santa Marta, the cardinals have a continental breakfast between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Cardinal Timothy Dolan sits at a table with his jar of peanut butter that ...

In 15th-century Rome, corruption wasn’t just common — it was sacred. Cesare Borgia, the pope’s own son, wielded power, poison, and perversion to secure his legacy. From incest rumors to brutal ...

Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through Jesus' humanity, not solely through a "channel of transmission of intellectual truths." It is through Jesus' life, death and resurrection that one can ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through Jesus’ humanity, not solely through a “channel of transmission of intellectual truths.” It is through Jesus’ life, death and ...

Pope Leo XIV begins his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through ...

Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through Jesus’s humanity, not solely through a “channel of transmission of intellectual truths.” It is through Jesus’s life, death and resurrection that one can ...

Pope Leo XIV begins his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through Jesus' humanity, not ...

Pope Leo XIV said Christian hope “is not based on optimistic forecasts or human calculations,” but on God’s decision to share humanity’s path so that no one is alone on life’s journey. Speaking Jan. 4 ...