The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

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

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Reclaiming American Catholicism,' coming in at nearly 400 pages, is a comprehensive and meticulous synopsis of many of the ...

VATICAN CITY - The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors on Tuesday and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave that will choose the next pope, but five cardinals had yet to arrive ...

At the time of his election in May and in the months immediately following, this correspondent expressed a cautious ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more ...

ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S.

A day before Pope Leo XIV spoke by livestream to teens at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, Kristie Hughes Dugan - ...

The Vatican confirmed the appointment of a bishop in China “elected” by local clergy during the sede vacante period after ...

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.