The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of the relatively cooler climes of Castel Gandolfo.

Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome, his first break since his election in May, but he has plenty to think about.

VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican’s commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff’s first public move to confront an issue ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must “make oneself small,” so that only Christ remains.

The reason the late Pope Francis was ultimately unable to travel to Pyongyang and meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — ...

The Argentine justice system has added the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei as a defendant in a case involving the alleged human ...

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe as the new auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wote. In a statement by ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin unveiled and blessed the bronze statue of Saint Oliver Plunkett in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, to honour all martyrs for the faith. The statue had been sculptured by ...

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault ...