Pope Leo XIV has urged Vatican cardinals to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside and work instead on building communion.

Mindful that Pope Francis had often used the traditional pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia to deliver some hard ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

When Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis upon becoming pope, it was a tribute to his favorite saint. Others took predecessors' or family names.

Pope Leo XIV Sunday blessed statues of the infant Jesus that will be placed in nativity scenes on Christmas day, pointing to ...

Trainers presented Pope Francis with a red T-shirt from the lifeguard school. Pope Francis greets members of a marine search and rescue dogs school at the end of his weekly general audience in St.

Vogue included Pope Leo XIV in its list of the 55 Best Dressed People of 2025, an unranked roundup of what the fashion outlet ...

As the 'best outfit of 2025,' the magazine cites his first appearance as pope on May 8 in the central loggia of St. Peter’s ...

Bodies of some of those killed are being released on Sunday to loved ones. As Pope Francis condemned the mass killing of 50 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques and led a prayer for the victims on ...

Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming extraordinary consistory of cardinals in January will be a pivotal but challenging landmark as he ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

The 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture by artist Timothy Schmalz is a scaled version of one in St. Peter’s Square in Rome ...