The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

The Holy See said. In 1969, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. At the Consistory of Feb. 21, 2001, ...

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

The U.S. State Department says it generally presumes that U.S. citizens, even if they accept a foreign government post, want ...

Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.” ...

Pope Francis passed away at the Vatican on April 21, after leading the Catholic faithful since March 2013. His election as ...

Francis delegated to two cardinals his role in presiding over this weekend's Easter masses, The Vatican Press Office said on Wednesday.

Vance and Francis had publicly disagreed in recent months on immigration policies and other aspects of church teaching, so an Easter Sunday meeting with the pope, in what proved to be the final hours ...

Former Sen. Joe Donnelly, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and spent a lot of time with Pope Francis, joins ...

Pope Francis, still recovering after his recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, made a surprise visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, continuing his long-standing tradition ...