The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form. The star is only about a fifth the mass of the sun. Stars this size should host small planets akin to Earth and Mars under the leading ...

What's clear is that while the pope doesn't earn a salary in a traditional sense, he is paid a modest monthly stipend and has all of his living expenses paid by the Vatican. The pope receives a ...

That’s a St. Landry Parish and an Opelousas Post name,” Caillier said. The news sent him into investigation mode. Within two days of the announcement of the new pope, he began his search for ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. President Donald Trump said he wants Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, to visit the White House, he told reporters on Monday. "I like the pope's brother.

CAIRO—A historical marker dedication was held at Pope’s Museum on Saturday, encouraging people across the state to stop and learn about Laura Pope Forrester’s artistic legacy. With more than ...

Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV Monday, a day after the pope's Inauguration Mass of his pontificate.The Holy See's Dicastery for Communication ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle ...

The talks took place as some on the American right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy. By Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Pope Leo ...