This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Jan. 18, at Saint Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, happy ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday announced a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York, tapping Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois to lead one of the nation’s largest and most influential ...

A man gestures while displaying the "Lion and Sun" pre-Iranian Revolution national flag as demonstrators gather outside the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover. His ...

If this is the case, it means I share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV through my great-grandmother Eugenie Lemelle’s paternal ...

Since his election in May as the first American pope, Leo XIV has become a political and temperamental counterweight to an ...

The two most outspoken popes in recent memory have expressed compassion and social justice taught by Jesus of Nazareth The past year has been a tumultuous and challenging one for all Christians and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV closed the 2025 Holy Year Tuesday, denouncing consumerism and anti-foreigner sentiment during the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year by denouncing today's consumerist and anti-foreigner sentiment, capping a Jubilee that saw some 33 million pilgrims ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in ...

VATICAN CITY —THE FIRST U.S.-BORN PONTIFF IN CHURCH HISTORY, POPE LEO XIV, expressed concern over the weekend about the United States-led capture of Venezuela’s ...