Pope Leo XIV defended press freedom and urged journalists not to tolerate any abuse in the Catholic Church on Saturday.

Pope Leo XIV says has said the Catholic Church must establish a culture that refuses to tolerate abuse in “any form,” as he ...

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Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected on May 8 to succeed the late Pope Francis as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church. Before becoming pontiff, Prevost was not shy about ...

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After emphasizing that he was a man who lived “prayer and dedication to others,” Pope Leo recalled that Pope Francis beatified ... Hossu was deprived of all freedom until his death on May ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file) Pope Leo XIV smiles while leaving after his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) A view ...

Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its outgoing president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, signaling a desire to continue the course set under Pope Francis. Until his appointment on Tuesday ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies while helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members.