Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...

ROME (AP) — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday. Dri, a Capuchin friar, ...

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska at the end of the Inauguration Mass In St. Peter's Square, May 18, 2025 in Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the ...

Newspapers around the world on Friday covered the election of a new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, with big photos, plays on words and nods to his nationalities. Pope Leo ...

Francis, the only Latin American pontiff in history, died last month at the age of 88. His funeral, held on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, was attended by heads of state, royalty and more ...

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It took two days to elect Pope Francis in 2013 and Benedict XVI in 2005. No conclave in the 20th or 21st centuries has lasted more than five days.

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, was laid to rest on April 26 after a moving funeral attended by world leaders, including royalty, presidents, and prime ministers.

Prince William has been praised for his composure at the funeral of Pope Francis, with royal fans calling it a "perfect king" moment. The Prince of Wales, 42, represented his father King Charles ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome. After the cardinals paid their respects ...