"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State and second highest-ranking official in the Catholic Church after ...

This new initiative invites the faithful to raise their voices in song alongside Pope Leo XIV, who has done so himself ...

Pope Leo held his first general audience, a regular weekly gathering he is expected to hold for the rest of his papacy. Following several busy weeks that included the funeral for Pope ...

Although many signs point to the Vatican as a neutral location for Russia and Ukraine to engage in dialogue, reservations ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican postal service began selling its first Pope Leo XIV stamps May 27 and offered a special ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza near St. Peter's ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene as Pope Leo XIV is installed in Vatican City. Global dignitaries and faith leaders from around the world gathered in Vatican City on ...

By Bianca Ojukwu The Vatican has a way of setting everyone on an even keel. I remember how dazed I was when on my last trip during the Funeral mass of Pope Francis some weeks before, when President ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, has greeted crowds from his popemobile ahead of his formal inauguration will be ...

The Vatican has approved the elevation of a Marikina City church to the status of a minor basilica, making it the country’s ...