Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

As Pope Leo XIV gave his first Sunday blessing to a crowd in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, parishes around the globe and ...

Pope Leo XIV formally began his reign on Sunday by reaching out to conservatives who felt orphaned under his predecessor, calling for unity, vowing to preserve the Catholic Church's heritage and not ...

We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall ... took place on the sidelines of a major Vatican assembly focused on church reform efforts. It was part of a multi-year process begun by ...

VATICAN CITY] White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8), signalling that cardinals ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...