Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

The recent UN climate conference in Brazil, COP30, exposed deep divisions over the best ways to protect us from the worsening ...

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

A new church leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing opposition from local clergy and churchgoers who insist that a new bishop should be a native of the region — and now, the ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

Pope Leo XIV has shared his thoughts during the conclave that elected him, saying he resigned himself to the inevitable and ...