The pontiff was accompanied by astronomers and students participating in the traditional summer school organized by the ...

This was Pope Leo's first visit to the observatory, founded in 1891 by Leo XIII. He later called Aldrin. “Together we shared ...

July 21 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV spoke with astronaut Buzz Aldrin to discuss the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.

Pope Leo visited the Vatican’s internationally-recognized observatory, called the Specola Vaticana, where he was able to look ...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the anniversary of a historic event with a special encounter.

Fifty-six years after the historic landing of Apollo 11 on the moon, Pope Leo XIV speaks with astronaut Buzz Aldrin of the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican’s astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to ...

On Inside the Vatican, we explore Pope Leo’s persistent calls for peace and his unexpected support for journalist Paola Ugaz, who exposed abuse in a powerful Peruvian lay group suppressed by ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come ...

The contrasts are glaring. In one case, Pope Leo XIV — then known as Bishop Robert Prevost — sided with victims of sexual abuse, locking horns with powerful Catholic figures in Peru.

A new four-hour bus tour will visit Pope Leo XIV’s birthplace, childhood church and favorite pizza spot in the Chicago area. Tickets start at $59.