Tensions increased further in April, when American cardinals joined Leo in challenging the morality of war against Iran. Trump crudely assailed the pope on social media, denigrating him as “WEAK on ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday reassured Pope Leo XIV that Christians would ...

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met Pope Leo XIV on Monday in the Vatican during a visit to the Vatican, where ...

Pope Leo XIV is adding a trip to France to his busy 2026 travel schedule. The Vatican confirmed Saturday the visit will be ...

The Order of Pius is one of the highest diplomatic distinctions conferred by the Holy See, usually received by heads of state ...

Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd gathering as he arrives to meet with bishops at the Parish of our Lady of Fatima in Luanda on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 20, 2026 ...

When white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel on May 8 2025, the surprise was immediate. The Catholic Church’s leadership had elected its first pope born in the United States, a former Augustinian ...

Who doesn’t like the Popemobile? If I said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: The Popemobile is cool! A custom-built, all-electric Mercedes-Benz G 580, the Popemobile, [Papa]mobile in Italy, ...

Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis on the set of "Aldeas" Credit: Aldeas Scholas Films Martin Scorsese’s new documentary, “Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis,” premiered on Tuesday, April 21, at a ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican from a 11-day trip to Africa on Thursday with his papacy seemingly transformed — a pontiff known during his first year for being tempered and at times ...