Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.

We live in a world that is burning’ - The Pope, who has been vacationing outside Rome, says the world is experiencing a ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are racing to get trade deals done ahead of a self-imposed deadline, at which ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey, California, to be the next Roman Catholic bishop of Austin, ...

Next week, the University of Glasgow will announce the launch of its new Children’s Choir, an initiative that will provide free, ...

Gyamfi and Joseph E. Stiglitz offer a road map to replace a system that has left so many developing countries in penury.

The Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón in northern Spain called on the Vatican to assume control of Opus Dei’s Torreciudad complex, ...

Pope Leo XIV presents the pallium to Archbishop W. Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Kan., during Mass on June 29 ...

Pope Leo XIV's hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb's board voted unanimously Tuesday ...

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 bizarre use of social media by US president Donald Trump and his second administration has raised eyebrows on a number of occasions over the past few months – from posting a picture of him as the ...

Pope Leo, who was elected in May to the surprise of close conclave watchers, is the first to hail from the United States in ...