A Return to Normalcy in the Papacy Pope Leo XIV swings a thurible of incense on the day of priestly ordination in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, June 27, 2025. (Remo Casilli/Reuters) ...

Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an attitude that helps us to be Church,” Pope Leo XIV said Thursday in a meeting with synod leaders.

Pope Leo XIV will impose the pallia at a Mass for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29.

The Mass indicated a strong line of ecological continuity with Pope Francis, who made environmental protection a hallmark of his pontificate.

According to the master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Pope Leo will be both blessing and personally imposing the pallia on the archbishops.

Pope Leo XIV in a message to the Order of Malta underlined the order’s religious character, stressing that without evangelization, the knights’ service to the poor is merely philanthropy.

Pope Leo XIV affirmed that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers.

In a meeting of biblical proportions, the pope and Jesus took a selfie – well, sort of. Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus Christ on "The Chosen," snapped a selfie with the newly elected pope ...

Castel Gandolfo is preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV on July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, a fortified 17th-century palace, was converted into a museum for ...

The sitdown would mark the first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Zelensky since April, when the two huddled at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City during Pope Francis’ funeral.

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to deal with sex abusers.