Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino has removed the obligation for Catholics to attend Mass.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo warned against the "indiscriminate use of force" and the "forced mass displacement" of people in the Gaza strip in a phone conversation with Palestinian President ...

I live in California, and at the time Pope Francis died we were still experiencing Easter Sunday. This has a meaning many of us cannot shake. I met him on Sept. 30, 2024, ...

Edward Berger's Oscar-winning film 'Conclave' has re-entered the cultural conversation following Pope Francis' death. The 2024 film feels prescient considering the upcoming conclave – something ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) -Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation on Wednesday to celebrate a special Mass exhorting ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

Catholic Church officials say airstrikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials ...

A view of the Papal or Apostolic Palace, a historic summer retreat for popes in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome, where Pope Leo XIV will be spending a short ...

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 27 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including three ...

March 13, 2013— -- There's been some excited chatter that the new pope, Pope Francis of Argentina (formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio), has made history as the first-ever non-European pope.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a ...