The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled some traditionalist Catholic groups as hate groups over views related to gender, sexuality, and marriage. No Catholic groups were mentioned in the indictment. A gavel rests atop a pile of hundred-dollar bills. | Credit: RomanR/Shutterstock By Tessa Gervasini·DC Bureau April 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM …

As the pope’s brother, you have to take it “day by day because you never know, in a sense, what each day is going to bring,” John Prevost said. John Prevost, the brother of Pope Leo XIV, speaks to Mark Irons during an interview on “EWTN News in Depth” on …

Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican to “stick to matters of morality” amid Pope Leo XIV’s Iran war concerns. Catholic theologians say war and other public policies are “matters of morality.” Vice President JD Vance arrives on Air Force Two on April 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, …

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called the act “a grave affront to the Christian faith.” A woman checks a social media post on her mobile phone featuring an image that appears to show an Israeli soldier hitting a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese Christian …

En route from Cameroon to Angola, the pope said his mission in Africa is pastoral and rejected suggestions that his recent remarks were aimed at President Donald Trump. Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April …

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly is asking Catholics to pray for the pope and the president, as President Trump again criticized Leo’s comments about the Iran war. Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly (right) speaks at the Symposium on Young American Men, a national conversation on restoring purpose, flourishing, and belonging, at the …

Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library. A view of the Vatican Apostolic Library in 2021. – Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images By Daniel Payne October 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM ET …

The bomb threat was determined to be “unsubstantiated,” according to law enforcement. Chicago. | Credit: Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock By Daniel Payne April 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM ET The brother of Pope Leo XIV was reportedly the victim of a hoax bomb threat in a suburb outside of Chicago, according to police and …

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, have taken issue with the pope’s Gospel teaching on peace. U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Athens, Georgia. | Credit: Chip …

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in East Bristol has stood in the community for over 130 years. St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Bristol, Wisconsin, is seen with its roof largely destroyed after severe thunderstorms came through the area Tuesday, April 14, 2026. | Credit: Bill Ringelstetter By Daniel Payne April 15, …