Pope Leo made history by becoming the first American pope and his papacy has been marked by another break from tradition.

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the highest authority in the Catholic Church lives. Since 1870, more than a dozen ...

The modality for choosing a PopeTHE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Hopefully under Leo, the Catholic Church can work with people like Hassabis to help the world understand and control the ...

Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated ...

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Catholic teaching demands that all immigrants be treated with dignity and respect, but it does not demand that all be given ...

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

(OSV News) — This morning, Pope Leo XIV met with the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The following is the address ...