Pope Leo XIV heads off on a holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as the Catholic Church’s leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor’s unorthodox papacy.

Norah Kettmann and Mary Clare Bean, graduates of Xavier High School’s Class of 2022, are now entering their senior year at ...

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and ...

“Our cities must not be freed of the marginalized, but of marginalization; they must be cleared not of the desperate, but of ...

Chinmay Pandya from Dev Sanskriti University highlighted yoga's transformative power during International Yoga Day in Vatican ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Pope Leo celebrated his inaugural Mass in Vatican City as head of the Catholic Church, where he called for love and unity, and a world where peace reigns.

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some people say shouldn’t be there.

VATICAN CITY, — An Omaha native ... “It definitely feels like it's become home to me, and I speak Italian, and I feel definitely immersed in the culture here,” she said.

Updated April 21, 2025 at 18:49 PM ET. The death of Pope Francis at age 88 sets off a chain of events as Catholics around the world mourn and the Vatican begins a series of ceremonies and plans to ...

On a sparkling day at Vatican City, more than 89 cardinals believed that, indeed, an American was worthy. Brian A. Howey is a senior writer and columnist for Howey Politics Indiana/State Affairs.