For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

TODAY the Church celebrates the feast day of St Paul VI, who is recognised as a great defender of life and family. He is best ...

The book was made with the help of the Vatican metal shop, which created a metal frame shaped like a closed book. The gardeners filled it with reddish vulcanic gravel to represent the cover and white ...

Pope Leo XIV is now granting apostolic blessings, a spiritual gesture that can be officially requested through the Vatican’s ...

In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their affection and ...

Over the coming months, expect to see royals from across the world be granted a coveted private audience with the ...

I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

The pair shook hands in their first meeting since their heated exchange at the White House in February that shocked the world - as Russia launched a 'record' drone barrage on Kyiv.

The other symbolically important moment of the Mass is the representational rite of obedience to Leo: Whereas in the past all cardinals would vow obedience to the new pope, more recent papal ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending tradition, diplomacy, and modern priorities.

The US Pontiff, 69, warmly took hold of Vance's hand as he received a series of world leaders at St Peter's Square.