The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

The recent UN climate conference in Brazil, COP30, exposed deep divisions over the best ways to protect us from the worsening ...

From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

Wilfried Zaha has been recalled by Ivory Coast after a two-year absence to help defend its Africa Cup of Nations title.

In the Catholic Church's nearly 2,000 years of history, there have only been three popes from Africa. Their pontificates were ...

A new church leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing opposition from local clergy and churchgoers who insist that a new bishop should be a native of the region — and now, the ...