Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people.
The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.
Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks.
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization ceremony Sunday to create the first millennial saint.
Search teams have recovered around 100 bodies from a remote village in Sudan's Darfur region after a landslide devastated the area over the weekend.
Pope Leo XIV has demanded an end to the “pandemic of arms” during a public prayer for victims of a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in the United States.
Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza.
Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile.
Pope Leo XIV has told over a million Catholic youths they are a sign that a different world is possible.
Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics by showing up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony.
As Texas grapples with the aftermath of devastating floods, nearly 60 lives have been lost, and 11 people remain missing. Governor Greg Abbott has declared this Sunday a day of prayer, urging Texans to come together in hope and solidarity.
Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome.
As the floodwaters recede from Camp Mystic, a torrent of grief remains for the families of the children who died and those who went missing when flash floods tore through central Texas earlier this week.
Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful.
Pope Leo XIV has criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he prayed for reconciliation and dialogue.
Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica.
That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis are already known.
Pope Leo XIV has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world.
Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Middle East and North Africa that have been decimated by conflict and persecution.
Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”.
Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid.
Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope and had taken the name Leo XIV.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago and known for his extensive missionary work in Peru, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV.
