Pope Leo XIV will visit four African nations in April, the Vatican said Thursday, including Algeria -- the first time a pope will travel to the North African Muslim nation. The Vatican announced a ...

Pope Leo will visit four countries across Africa from April 13-23, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, with the pontiff ...

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” says Pope Leo XIV doesn’t understand “there’s a flip side to illegal immigration.” ...

The Vatican said peace and care for the poor will be central themes of the African journey, which will also bring him in the ...

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal.

The announcement sets the stage for one of the busiest papal travel schedules in years, since Leo will also be undertaking a grand tour of Italy starting in May that will take him up and down the ...

Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia and recent blood tests also revealed "mild renal insufficiency." ...

Pope Francis experienced a bronchial spasm on Friday that caused him to inhale vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican announced, marking a setback in his two-week battle ...

Nearly a year into a pontificate largely anchored in Rome, Pope Leo XIV is preparing to launch a sweeping series of ...

The pope's visit will serve as an "important push to recover our identity as a welcoming society that is concerned for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret ...