The world's smallest sovereign state, Vatican City, is facing a substantial budget crisis, with its central government, the ...

Leo is the first native English speaker to ascend the throne of Peter in nearly 900 years, after Adrian IV in the 12th century. Unlike during the Middle Ages, he does it at a time when Anglophone ...

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley.

VATICAN CITY (AP ... Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social ...

In a short address in Italian, Pope Leo praised cycling as an important sport, reminding the world-class athletes that they ...