A group of about 1,000 Catholic children appeared to teach Pope Leo XIV the popular "6-7" hand sign at the Vatican during the ...

Few ever see how a community carries on after a deadly school shooting. Survivors of last year’s attack on Minneapolis' ...

A gray day reflected the solemn mood at Thursday’s memorial ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of 10 Black people losing ...

Religion columnist Terry Mattingly explores centuries of religious and scientific debate over UFOs, extraterrestrials and ...

For centuries, stargazers of many kinds have debated the meaning of unidentified objects in the heavens and encounters with ...

The Vatican has issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics. It says their planned consecrations ...

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

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era. There are ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Unlike Pope Francis, who shook things up early on with a flurry of reforms, appointments and new ...

Shortly after white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, the May 8 announcement from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican rocked the world: Cardinal Robert ...

Pope Leo marks his first year leading the Catholic Church on Friday with a higher public profile and a ramped-up schedule.