Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, 19 April, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ.

The Trump administration has canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami for sheltering unaccompanied migrant children, leaving just three months to place an unspecified number of children.

The police chief of a southwest suburb of Chicago, where one of Pope Leo XIV's brothers lives, confirmed to OSV News that his department is conducting "an ongoing and active investigation" of an unsubstantiated bomb threat at John Prevost's house.

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House 16 April that he does not see a meeting with Pope Leo XIV as "necessary" after the president lashed out at the pontiff on social media and in verbal remarks over the pontiff's opposition to the Iran war over the course of several days starting 12 April.

The Tigers’ start to the season is a reminder that we don’t need to wait for everything in our lives to be resolved before becoming who we’re called to be.

George Weigel responds to Cardinal Hollerich’s comments on women’s ordination, raising questions about doctrine, tradition and the nature of the priesthood.

Shortly after Vice President JD Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue with his description of the US conflict in Iran as unjust, the US bishops' point-man on doctrine issued a forceful statement on the church's teaching about just war theory.