According to Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the vicar general of Rome, there are 8,020 priests and deacons currently in the ...

The People’s Republic of China has officially recognized Pope Leo XIV’s first bishop appointment, the Vatican announced, ...

The Vatican says the 2018 agreement, renewed until October 2028, is the best deal it could secure despite its undisclosed ...

VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most ...

The Vatican has made the first appointment of a Chinese bishop under Leo XIV, signalling the new pope’s support for a ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has chosen Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of ...

At one month since his election to the papacy May 8, Pope Leo XIV has so far demonstrated a continuity with his predecessor, ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with ...

Pope Leo XIV waves after walking onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election during the conclave. He is the first American pope and the first ...

The new pope seems remarkably unflustered by his election, aware of the enormity of the change that has happened to him, but ...