VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV heads off on a holiday on ... 6 to 20 at the papal palace at Castel Gandolfo, outside Italy’s ...

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...

Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...

The group, which has been under investigation by the Vatican, "categorically denies" any accusations of human trafficking or ...

Priests can now celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and ...

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty is a historical docuseries airing on PBS in three parts, delving into the overlapping ...

Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats ...

Despite being a stateless monk with no official power, the Dalai Lama remains one of China’s most persistent challenges. As ...

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...

Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, ...

The U.S. embassy’s annual celebration, held June 30, commemorated the 41st anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between ...

Informal discussions were held this spring under the auspices of the UN, in hopes of reigniting reunification talks between ...