In top photo, Bishop O’Connell and Father Jean Felicien stand before the reliquary containing the relics of St. Bernadette.

Cameras are setup outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in the evening hours of Oct. 13, 2026, where Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery ...

In this file photo former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka pauses to talk with the media following a private memorial service ...

A statue of the St. John Paul II is seen outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome Oct. 11, 2026. The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV waves from a car window as he leaves the Vatican ahead of his hospitalization for surgery to remove a lung ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves following a Mass marking the start of the academic year at the Pontifical Universities, in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Leo XIV offers his blessing during Mass with students from the pontifical universities in Rome in St. Peter’s Basilica ...

A drone view shows the Basilica of Lujan in Argentina on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Oct. 4 2026, as they take part in the ...

Keynote speaker Jack Litsky addresses student-athletes during the Catholic Athletes for Christ Fall Leadership Conference Oct ...

Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, delivers the homily during the New Jersey bishops’ ...

A technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Ind., Oct. 2, 2025. A March poll by the Pew ...

Pope Leo XIV is pictured praying his October 2026 prayer intention dedicated to mental health. Holding an image of St.