Camillo Barone

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Camillo Barone |Christopher White

In 2007, when Pope Benedict XVI traveled to the Basilica of St. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, Italy, to venerate the earthly remains of St. Augustine, he spoke of his gratitude to the great Western church father, "who played such an important part in my life as a theologian and a Pastor, but, I would say, even more as a man and a priest." Benedict called Augustine the "Doctor gratiae" or "Doctor of grace." "The Letter to the Hebrews [10:12-14] has set us before Christ, the eternal High...

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Camillo Barone |Christopher White

Pope Leo XIV, in his inaugural Mass as the newly elected pontiff, cast a vision of a united church that offers God's unconditional love to everyone. "We are called to offer God's love to everyone, in order to achieve that unity which does not cancel out differences but values the personal history of each person and the social and religious culture of every people," he said on May 18 before a crowd of 200,000 gathered in a sun-drenched St. Peter's Square.

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Camillo Barone |Michael Sean Winters |Carol Glatz

A May 12, 2025, post on X by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, says he spoke with Pope Leo XIV about recently developments and invited the pope to Ukraine. (CNS/X) Vatican City — May 12, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Pope Leo XIV for his support of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and he invited the newly-elected pontiff to visit the war-torn nation. "I spoke with Pope Leo XIV.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | James V. Grimaldi |Heidi Schlumpf |Christopher White |Camillo Barone

By James V. Grimaldi, Heidi Schlumpf, Christopher WhiteMay 08, 2025The challenges for the Catholic Church in Chicago, where Robert Prevost grew up, are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges facing the worldwide Catholic Church that the new Pope Leo XIV must address. May 08, 2025As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled, signaling the election of a new pope, American Catholics gathered in Rome expressed both surprise and hope for the future of the church.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Rhina Guidos |Camillo Barone |Michael Sean Winters

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $167,738 from 896 supporters. We are 56% of the way to our goal! Isabel Segovia Severin traveled from Viña Del Mar, Chile, in hopes of seeing white smoke and the new pope. "We leave tomorrow so we hope that today is the day," she said on May 8, the second day of the conclave. (NCR photo/Olivia Bardo)  On Wednesday, the black smoke was late. On Thursday, the black smoke was early.