As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

When people see how God loves and trusts them, the pope said, it should encourage them to be “better soil.” Pope Leo urged ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

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

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish ...

Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...

Despite his youthful age, Pope Leo X's papacy was unexpectedly cut short after he died at 45, his pontificate lasting less than nine years. Another unusually young pope was Clement VII ...

The custom became the standard in 955 with Pope John XII, according to Vatican News. Earlier popes—including Saint Peter ... he may choose Paul VII, evoking Pope Paul VI, who championed ...