John L. Allen Jr., the fastidious American journalist who demystified Vatican affairs for English speakers for decades, died ...

The president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has described the first official audience between Pope Leo XIV and the leadership of the Church in Africa as a ...

A leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any ...

In his first baptismal ceremony as pope, Leo celebrated the Lord’s gift of faith to the children, saying that it gives sense ...

Speaking to a group of pilgrims from Rome at the Franciscan headquarters in the Old City of Jerusalem on Jan. 7, Franciscan ...

With Pope Leo closing the Holy Door on Jan. 6, marking the end of the Jubilee, a new era in his young pontificate has begun.

Leo gave the strongest signal yet about the direction of his pontificate during the morning’s general audience ...

The College of Cardinals assists the pope "through collegial action in consistories in which they are gathered by order of the Roman Pontiff who presides." ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily during Christmas Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus entering the world as a little baby in need ...

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, such as in Gaza, those who ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. In his sermon, he said turning away the poor and strangers is equivalent to rejecting God. The pope emphasized care for ...