O-Neh-Da Vineyard has been producing the natural grape wines used in Catholic mass for more than 150 years, making it the oldest dedicated sacramental winery in the US. So, on May 8, when the Sistine ...

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of ...

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Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals to Rome for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world's cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate.