43 h. ago Pope celebrates first 'green Mass' using new rite in sign of strong ecological focus

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass

Culture

4 d. ago Pope Leo XIV's touching message to families of Texas flood victims as death toll rises to 79

Search teams are using helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims in flash floods that have torn across central Texas since the at the start of the July Fourth weekend

Events

4 d. ago Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation

Politics

5 d. ago Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse

Events

6 d. ago Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

Politics

7 d. ago Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with campers

Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff

Politics

8 d. ago Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home

Society

8 d. ago Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way

Society

1 week ago Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful

Economics

1 week ago Pope Leo XIV appeals for unity within the Catholic Church in Holy Year messages to priests

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for unity within the Catholic Church

Politics

2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV offers an uplifting message urging seminarians to be joyful and honest

Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy for the Holy Year

Politics

2 w. ago Pope Leo condemns Trump's bombing in Iran, warns of 'irreparable abyss'

Pope Leo XIV warned of an "irreparable abyss" as US forces continue to bomb Iran after President Donald Trump made the decision to attack the Middle Eastern nation's key nuclear sites

Events

2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV says there should be no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse

Events

2 w. ago Pope commits to weeding out church sexual abuse, praises role of press in democracy

In first public comments on topic, Leo XIV has now signaled zero tolerance for sexual abuser priestsThe Roman Catholic church must “not tolerate any form of abuse”, sexual or otherwise, Pope Leo XIV has said in his first public remarks about the worldwide clerical molestation scandal that has long roiled the church.In a statement read on Friday at the performance of a play which dramatizes the work of a journalist who endured harassment while investigating abuse scandals within a powerful Catholic group, Leo maintained that it was necessary to inculcate “throughout the church a culture of prevention that does not tolerate any form of abuse: abuse of power or authority, of conscience or spirituality, of sexual abuse”. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids' intellectual and spiritual development

Pope Leo XIV is warning that artificial intelligence could negatively impact the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people

Politics

3 w. ago Watch: Vatican releases Pope Leo fundraising video amid financial crisis

The slick one-minute video urges the faithful to support the newly elected pope’s mission

Economics

3 w. ago Pope Leo escapes Rome’s summer heat to the nearby Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome

Politics

3 w. ago Madonna's hilarious reaction as she finds out she's related to Pope Leo XIV

Madonna along with several other famous faces, including Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie, have been found to be related to the Pope - and the Queen of Pop had a hilarious reaction to the news

Politics

3 w. ago Madonna's hilarious reaction to finding out she's related to the Pope

Madonna has responded to the news that she is related to Pope Leo XIV, who was elected as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in May, with a typically tongue-in-cheek response

Politics

3 w. ago Pope Leo resumes papal tradition and escapes Rome's summer heat to the nearby Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome

Politics