The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

Gender-based lists like THR‘s Most Powerful Women in International Film should be passé by now. It is 2025, after all. But ...

Americans gather in St. Peter’s Square on May 8, 2025, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. \| Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA. America ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

They were bitter enemies, seemingly destined to be perpetually at odds after fighting two devastating world wars less than 30 ...

The liberation of Europe, when it finally came, was a momentous task consuming the energies of millions of men and women. The ...

Spring birds, ancient ruins and scenic wetlands are discovered during a journey through France’s Camargue delta.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani backs Egypt’s mediation between Israel and Hamas and supports the Arab plan for Gaza’s reconstruction. "We are ready to do everything necessary to ...

For priests and seminarians, it is black. For Archbishops and Bishops, it is purple. For Cardinals, it is Red. For the Pope, it is white." On why priests wear white cassocks in Africa, Father Ugwu ...

This demographic shift has spurred optimism that, after the Americas, Africa or Asia could produce the next pope, and better if he is the first black pope in modern history. An African pope will ...