Covering the Vatican, he had a front-row seat to the waning years of Pope John Paul II's pontificate and the election of Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday announced a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York, tapping Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois to lead one of the nation’s largest and most influential ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year's Day ...

Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), the 265th pope, served from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013—a period of 7 years, 10 months, and 10 days. He voluntarily resigned from the papacy. In a Latin ...

ANALYSIS: The third anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s death on Dec. 31 provides an opportunity to look at his little-acknowledged diplomatic acumen. Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumencial Orthodox ...

SEATTLE - The Seahawks are sitting on top of the NFC West, and a win Saturday could make the path to the Super Bowl much smoother. The Hawks take on the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday at 5 p.m. The ...

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Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, offered his first Christmas sermon as pontiff on Thursday, praying for peace from wars and freedom from economic distress. A crowd of 26,000 gathered to hear ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 in ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that ...

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe ...