Pope Leo XVI will receive a pro-LGBTQ+ Catholic reform organization during celebrations in October, the first time the group ...

When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking his first 100 days in office, showing a mix of continuity with and change from Pope Francis' papacy.

It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

Riccardi, who worked closely with the Holy See and Pope Francis on diplomacy efforts, traveled with the pope and helped to negotiated peace treaties in many countries, including Mozambique and ...

“Like all holy fathers, whether they’re from Italy, Poland, Germany, they bring their experience, their culture, their concerns. Pope Francis did, especially his experience with the poor.

Pope Francis receives U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, before bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by ...

In 2022, Pope Francis tried to clean up the bank's tarnished image. He strengthened the bank's role as the exclusive manager of the Holy Sees's financial assets and connected institutions. He followed ...

A town awaits The residents of Castel Gandolfo, meanwhile, are aching for a pope to return. Francis had decided not to use the retreat and instead spent his 12 papal summers at home, in the Vatican.