The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of the relatively cooler climes of Castel Gandolfo.

The hilltop town, located just south of Rome on Lake Albano, had not hosted a pope in residence since Pope Francis chose to ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome, his first break since his election in May, but he has plenty to think about.

Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.

VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican’s commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff’s first public move to confront an issue ...

After a devastating hit the Hill Country of Texas, Pope Leo XIV gave his prayers to the victims, many of them children.

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must “make oneself small,” so that only Christ remains.

In the name of religious freedom, religious nonprofits are cracking down on unionizing efforts and worker protections, writes ...

The Argentine justice system has added the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei as a defendant in a case involving the alleged human ...

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe as the new auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wote. In a statement by ...

Although Kerr County was hit hardest by flooding, at least seven others have been confirmed dead in different parts of Texas.