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

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families ...

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 ...

COMMENTARY: In recent years, there has been a mistaken notion put forth that the U.S. bishops are a divided and contentious ...

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 mourners who gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis. Another photo, taken ...

Seven months after the Ukrainian leader's iconic Vatican photo with Trump, peace with Russia still seems like a distant ...

Pope Leo XIV will offer his “vision for peace, unity, and reconciliation” in his first full-length book to be published in ...

Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy visited St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown on Dec. 3 to celebrate the Feast of ...

Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He decreed that ...

Almost two years after the death of Bishop Mario Dorsonville, a Washington, D.C.-based foundation bearing his name is ...

In his first news conference, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in the Middle East and dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela ...

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