World-class cyclists will greet Pope Leo XIV and circle Vatican City on Sunday before embarking on the final lap of the Giro ...

Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a divided church.

The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

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

Today, May 7, 133 small-minded men will gather to anoint one of their own as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church ... old days” before Vatican II will say the church has strayed from ...

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic ... the Church; and appointed the first female head of the Vatican ...

Bishop Michael Martin has pursued new restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass and other liturgical changes that have ...

The Vatican ... before them, and everyone surrounded by Michelangelo’s historic ceiling piece. Leo XIV is then escorted past the cardinals as they clapped for the new leader of the Catholic Church.