A video of Pope Leo XIV singing the Christmas carol Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas) in 2014 in Chiclayo has gone viral on social media and shows the closeness and warmth he had with the youth in the ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

"He washed the feet of the homeless, and promoted concern for the poor and for climate change, a bridge to Protestants, and ...

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was spotted among crowds at the funeral of Pope Francis in one of his few public appearance since his release from prison last year. Assange was pictured with his ...

Pope Francis, who has died aged 88 after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church, was probably the most famous Argentinian who ever lived. Born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis ...

What direction should the Catholic Church take under the next pope? The late pontiff’s emphasis on social and economic justice, advocacy for migrants and openness to debate on homosexuality and ...

People visit the Baoding Catholic church in Baoding, China's northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images Reporter When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around ...

So interesting, in fact, that God, in his wisdom, has decided to call one Pope home and let the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose another. The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

His reforms made the body more representative of the global Catholic community, while the cardinals he selected, by and large, share his vision of the Church. All of this makes it more likely that ...