Italy's top cultural sites drew more than 60 million paying visitors in 2024, surpassing the country's population for the first time.The ancient Colosseum in Rome was the most visited attraction, with ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

Fr. Thomas Reese used to be certain no American would be elected pope. Now, he admits, he has been proved wrong with this new ...

British Ambassador to the Holy See Chris Trott has voiced excitement over the recent election of Pope Leo XIV and has said he ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the first North American elected pope, continuing Pope Francis' legacy of ...

ROME– The head of the Dominican Order on Monday, May 12, welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV, citing the outcome of last ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV is to maintain a presence on social media, continuing the digital outreach of his predecessors Francis and ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles. The Vatican posted a first Instagram post Tuesday ...

A contingent from Chicago's Catholic Theological Union, of which Pope Leo XIV is an alumnus, is headed to Rome. Shardaa Gray reports.

The pontiff, who was elected in a conclave that ended last Thursday, will be officially installed as the new leader of the ...