Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7. A gamer and computer coder who loved the Eucharist, Acutis will be the first millennial Catholic saint.

The Vatican can take three key steps to provide greater assistance than it already has in securing the return of Ukrainian children forcibly taken by Russia, a Ukrainian child advocate and former ...

What a pope wears carries incredible meaning as we witnessed last month when Pope Leo XIV greeted the faithful from the ...

Abuse experts and survivors express a mix of tentative hopes and low expectations for how Pope Leo might address disciplining ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

A man has been sentenced in connection with the abduction and sexual assault of three juveniles in Asheville. 26-year-old Brendan Christopher Poole pled guilty to ...

While much was done during Pope Francis' pontificate to tackle the global abuse crisis -- a crisis moving at differing speeds in the church, depending on the country -- one significant e ...

There is a need for more collective action to address rising social issues such as drug abuse, child neglect, elder abuse, ...

Sunday, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would "open borders, break down walls" and dissolve hatred so everyone can ...

The PRF stresses the importance of unity and shared commitment in driving meaningful change and protecting the environment ...

The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he prayed for reconciliation and ...