Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Thursday for the first time amid ...

The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily ...

Fitzgerald, who spent his career in real estate private equity, said American donors — especially the younger generation — ...

As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

the American Catholic Church, still reeling from endemic molestations and cover-ups, began looking good by comparison. It had a new pope, in Francis, who dedicated himself to two things that ...

The pontiff said he would face up to "the questions, concerns and challenges of today’s world" and, in a nod to conservatives, he promised to preserve "the rich heritage of the Christian faith," ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with the new pope.

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church and the wider world, with leaders including Vice President Vance and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity ... given the polarization in the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. Francis’ radical 12-year pontificate, which ...