Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” have argued that Pope Francis violated the fundamental rights of ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the Vatican’s highest appeals court reviews the landmark finance trial, defense lawyers are ...

Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican doctrine office to uphold truth, justice and charity when deciding clergy sex abuse cases ...

"He felt my pain. He hasn't experienced my pain, but he knows what pain I had gone through with my family," Ryan said.

Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See has publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit. The invitation, delivered during a Saturday ceremony in the Vatican gardens, confirms that 2026 is shaping up to be an ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini as a member of the Commission for Reserved Matters, which is responsible ...

Catholic priests threaten schism with Rome over bishop consecrations as SSPX plans July ceremony without papal approval, escalating decades-long conflict.

The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, widely known as SSPX, has announced it will ordain bishops without papal permission on July 1, an act that would lead to the automatic excommunication of both the ...

Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in visiting Algeria, a trip that would mark the first papal visit to the North African ...

Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St. John Henry Newman, who is “a radiant light for the Church on pilgrimage through ...

The pontiff will live in a newly prepared space above the traditional papal apartment, created from former staff and guest ...