Leo XIV has brought back the papal tradition of vacationing at Castel Gandolfo. So how did a family castle become part of the pontifical villas? NCR looks at the history and some past popes' ...

Pope Leo XIV slammed the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the “indiscriminate use of force”, just ...

Marcel and Ann Muñoz were decked out with their three kids in shirts reading, "Da Pope" when they went to see Pope Leo XIV ...

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.

A video of WNBA star Caitlin Clark greeting her boyfriend, former college basketball player Connor McCaffery, at All-Star ...

Pope Leo called for an end to the 'barbarity of war' on Sunday as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli strike on the ...

Outside the art world, few may recognize the name of Lander’s Eagle Bronze Foundry. But sculptures created there are ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses the faithful gathered in the square in front of the Apostolic Palace for the noon Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sunday, July 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking on Sunday after his Angelus prayer, he urged ...

Top Christian leaders in Jerusalem travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church.

The Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, ...