Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope ...

First millennial saint Carlo Acutis, who taught Catholicism and created a website on eucharistic miracles, will be canonized in September following Vatican's recognition of a miracle ...

How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem ...

The Vatican has changed the graphic design of its website for more accessible navigation. In a statement on Thursday, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication said the homepage update is “part of an ...

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Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

The Vatican has elected the first American pope. According to the Associated Press, Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected to serve as the next leader of the Catholic church, following the death ...

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025.

Vatican's 'May Madness': Will new pope be progressive or will church turn back the clock? The most globally representative group of cardinals in history will be weighing such factors as geography, ...