ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

As Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.

We should pray for the conversion of many people, in and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

Pope Leo said the world is “burning both from global warming and from armed conflicts” as he celebrated the first “Mass for ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Catholic Church's first 'green' Mass in the 'oasis' of papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo dedicated by his predecessor Francis to his seminal environmental ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must ''make oneself small,'' so that only Christ remains ...

"What we do know," said Brazilian-born theologian Leonardo Boff, "is that he's a North American with a Latin American soul." ...