The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a ...

The Vatican has unveiled its Nativity scene and lit the towering Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. A band and chorus from ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Father Masedu welcomed Pope Leo holding the same crucifix he once presented to Pope Francis.

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV touched down in the conflict-ridden Middle East on the first international trip of his papacy, urging peace and hoping to help the Catholic Church heal centuries-old ...

“A moment of great familiarity” is how Abbess Maria Cristina Daguati of the Augustinian convent in Montefalco, Italy, described Pope Leo XIV’s visit on Thursday. After visiting the tomb of St. Francis ...

At a press conference Friday following Pope Leo XIV’s historic “digital visit” with 16,000 young people at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, leaders and young participants ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the religious leader of Catholics in the Palestinian territories and Israel, is visiting ...