For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Leo XIV, the first American pope, has somewhat overshadowed the popularity of the American emperor in Russia, acting in some ways as an alternative in the image of the ...

Over the coming months, expect to see royals from across the world be granted a coveted private audience with the ...

After presiding over his official installation Mass after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting ...

Tens of thousands of Catholics and politicians including US Vice President JD Vance will gather at the Vatican on Sunday for ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Tens of thousands of Catholics and politicians including US Vice President JD Vance will gather at the Vatican on Sunday for ...

The 10-year-old twins of Monaco's Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene have completed a significant rite of passage within the principality. Hereditary Prince Jacques and his sister Princess ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of communication in favor of peace.” ...

Meanwhile, the late Queen Elizabeth never attended a funeral service for a pope, despite the fact that four — Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul I — died during her 70-year reign. No one from ...