Street vendors sit in front of a billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, at a highway in Beirut, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. The Arabic words read:”The Pope of peace.” (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Becoming Pope changes many things. It gives a man a new name, a new […]
TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump’s theological skirmish with Pope Leo — spiritual head of more than a billion Catholics — has triggered a backlash from his own conservative base, with Republican leaders, Christian activists and late-night comedians converging, for once, on the same punchline.What might once have been dismissed as another burst […]
(AI image generated by ChatGPT) Mario Puzo is best known for The Godfather – one of those rare instances where the movies are almost as sublime as the book – but it’s not the only book he wrote on the Mafia. There is The Sicilian, which is part of The Godfather universe and even has […]
Bishop Barron broke silence on Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV. Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron, a member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, who faced criticism in the past for his engagement with the Trump administration, broke his silence on President Donald Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV and said the statements were inappropriate and disrespectful. […]
On Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV told worshippers that God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, delivering a strong call for peace during Mass at the Vatican.Thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square for the service marking the start of Holy Week, which leads up to Easter. Palm Sunday […]
The venue was undisclosed. The guest list was sealed. No phones, no recording devices, no press. Somewhere in Rome this week, Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, Palantir architect, and the man whose money helped carry Donald Trump and JD Vance to the White House, stood before a hand-picked audience of academics, technologists, and conservative Catholics and […]
Pope Leo XIV arrives at St Peter’s square ahead of the Urbi et Orbi message VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday used his first Christmas message as pontiff to call for “peace and consolation for the victims of all current wars in the world” as well as for those suffering from “injustice, political instability, […]
Bishop Ronald Hicks speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Dec.18, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy) Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Ronald A. Hicks as the next Archbishop of New York, placing one of the United States’ most influential Catholic archdioceses under new leadership at a moment of institutional transition and political strain. […]
An Inuit kayak, war clubs and masks were among the items handed over to Canadian bishops, who vowed to transfer them to Indigenous groups. But some have criticized the “church-to-church” restitution process.The Vatican returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada on Saturday.The items included an Inuit kayak, wampum belts, war clubs and masks, many of which […]
King Charles III has landed in Rome for what is being described as a historic visit. This is not merely an official state visit or a diplomatic courtesy. The King will meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and pray alongside him, marking the first time since England’s break from Rome nearly 500 years ago […]
