Associated Press

Venezuela's first two saints were canonized Sunday: José Gregorio Hernández, revered by millions for his dedication to poor people, and Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez, founder of a Venezuelan religious order.

The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step on the path to unity when Britain's King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray together in the Sistine Chapel.

The Vatican's child protection board said the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal, and identified financial reparations and adequate sanctions for abusers and their enablers as essential remedies.

New Hampshire's 2020 law abolishing deadlines for lawsuits alleging sexual assault cannot be applied retroactively, the state Supreme Court ruled Oct. 15.

"In a time when science has lengthened life expectancy, allowing millions of human beings to live, and die, struck by hunger is a collective failure, an ethical derailment, an historic offense," he said.

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration's tactics grow increasingly combative.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in the South American country. Maduro's comments come as the United States military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats in the waters off Venezuela in what President Donald Trump has declared an " armed conflict " with cartels. 

Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis' more questionable financial reforms and decisions, canceling a law Monday that had concentrated financial power in the Vatican bank.

The Armenian Apostolic Church condemned the verdict as politically motivated, describing it as "one of the clear manifestations of the authorities' anti-church campaign."

Charles and Camilla will join Pope Leo XIV in celebrating the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

Pope Leo XIV made his first big Vatican appointment Friday, naming an Italian legal expert to replace him as head of the Holy See's office that vets bishop nominations around the world.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

Over the weekend, an estimated 180,000 members of Portugal's motorcycling community converged on the Fatima shrine for the so-called Blessing of the Helmets. The pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Fatima, now in its 10th year, aims to bestow bikers with a sense of spiritual protection from the Virgin Mary as they ride across Portugal's open roads.

Defense lawyers in the Holy See's "trial of the century" asked the Vatican prosecutor to recuse himself from the appeals trial Monday, arguing he was implicated in questionable behavior according to years of private WhatsApp messages that have shaken the proceedings.

Researchers hope to finish restoring the entire instrument and then create copies to be placed in churches across Europe and the world so its music is accessible to all.

As Ayman Soliman spoke to supporters, people held  signs reading "Finally Home," "Home Is Here" and "Immigrants Welcome here."

New York's iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral is unveiling a massive new mural that honors the city's immigrants.

For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been arduous. Opening its programs to gay people and later to girls sparked dismay in some quarters. Its 2020 bankruptcy declaration led to prolonged wrangling over compensation for thousands of men claiming they were sexually abused as scouts.

Pope Leo XIV told the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See that he is praying for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated in Utah last week, as well as his wife and children, the Vatican spokesman said Tuesday.