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 ...

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

Then Bishop-elect Thomas Zinkula displays the Apostolic Mandate, a document written by Pope Francis naming Zinkula ninth ...

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

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from ...

The American pope urged peaceful solutions for conflicts around the globe.

Pope Leo XIV paused on the final morning of his trip to Lebanon before the ruins of the Beirut port explosion, praying in ...

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Matilda of Canossa, Queen Christina of Sweden and Maria Clementina Sobieska. Though separated by centuries, they each engaged with the church at pivotal moments.

The pope chose a region rife with religious divisions and conflict for his first trip abroad. He arrived in Lebanon on Sunday after a few days in Turkey. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau ...

Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since his election and one on which he’s expected to emphasize key themes of his fledgling pontificate – ...