CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and ...

Pope Leo XIV is praying for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor.” ...

We live in a world that is burning’ - The Pope, who has been vacationing outside Rome, says the world is experiencing a ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Pope Leo XIV and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return ...

For the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly which is set to be celebrated on July 27, Pope Leo XIV issued a message of ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday after a meeting of the College of Cardinals ...

When Pope Francis became pontiff: A timeline of his religious journey and career. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, and will feature simpler rituals in keeping with the more down-to ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically reorienting the papacy’s posture toward homosexuality and modestly ...