Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jesuit priest Father James Martin, who hosts "The Spiritual Life" podcast and is founder of Outreach, an LGBTQ Catholic ministry, ...

VATICAN CITY, March 5 – Pope Francis, who has been struggling to overcome double pneumonia for almost three weeks, was taken off mechanical ventilation on Wednesday after using it through the night to ...

U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to Saint Francis of Assisi – a timeless intercessor for peace – which Pope ...

Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond - The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few mont ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, ...

Here are some of the challenges that Leo will face as he takes up the mantle of Pope. The world will be watching to see whether he follows in the footsteps of Francis—or shifts the course of the ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of ...