The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given May 20 in St. Peter’s Square. Initial Greeting of the Holy Father to His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia: In the ...

Tensions increased further in April, when American cardinals joined Leo in challenging the morality of war against Iran. Trump crudely assailed the pope on social media, denigrating him as “WEAK on ...

After years of asymmetrical treatment under Francis, the new pontiff appears determined to discipline dissidents fairly while ...

ROME—With Pope Leo XIV’s first big crisis looming, the Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of ...

With Pope Leo XIV's first big crisis looming, the Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of ...

Since Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of St. Mary on April 27, 2025, the basilica has been transformed from a prominent Roman church into one of the city's major pilgrimage sites for admirers ...

While the Church has no intention of changing its doctrine on marriage — recognizing only unions between a man and a woman — the Vatican has signaled that it intends to continue Francis’s outreach to ...

The Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned ...

Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

On May 8, 2025, a billow of white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, announcing a new pope had been chosen — Pope ...

Pope Leo has captured the hearts of the faithful through his papal trips, and events like canonizations and special liturgies ...