Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Christmas as pontiff. Pope Leo thanked the crowds gathered at the Vatican as he presided over Christmas Mass. It's the first time since 1994 a pope ...

VATICAN CITY (WLS) -- Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Christmas as pontiff. Pope Leo thanked the crowds gathered at the Vatican as he presided over Christmas Mass. It's the first ...

Pope Leo XIV opened the new year Thursday with an appeal to the world for peace and urging people everywhere to begin 2026 by rejecting violence and committing to reconciliation. Speaking during his ...

Tennessee has already landed four commitments in the 2027 cycle. That includes four-star offensive tackle Princeton Uwaifo, ...

Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for “one full day of peace throughout the world” in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in Rome — and criticized Russia for refusing a holiday cease-fire. “I once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV opened the new year Thursday with an appeal to the world for peace and urging people everywhere to begin 2026 by ...

John Allen Jr., a longtime Vaticanista and editor in chief of the Catholic publication Crux, died Jan. 22, 2026, at age 61.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, like in Gaza, those who are ...

American-born Pope Leo XIV used his first Christmas Day message to call for an end to hostilities across the globe during an address in front of tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square in ...

The world is not saved by threatening violence or by judging, oppressing or getting rid of others, Pope Leo XIV said. "Rather, it is saved by tirelessly striving to understand, forgive, liberate and ...