The Pope, who made history earlier this month when he became the first US leader of the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church, ...

Pope Leo XIV says the Church needs the Christian East and has a “great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

All eyes will be on a small chimney on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel today as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet ...

Cardinals from around the world have elected the next pontiff, following the late Pope Francis' passing on 21 April. Follow ...

The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum holds thousands of Indigenous artifacts that were taken from communities across Canada by Catholic missionaries a century ago.

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Vatican watchers said Prevost’s decision ... Specifically, Leo cited one of Francis’ key priorities of making the Catholic Church more attentive to lay people and inclusive.

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.

If you've seen Conclave, Edward Berger's excellent political thriller, you'll have some idea of what goes on behind the ...