VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's drive east ...

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Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

At this early stage of Leo XIV’s pontificate, the text is a “must read” for Catholics. Here are three notable takeaways.

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a shrine to the Virgin Mary in the small Italian town of Genazzano. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Leo gave a prepared address and then opened the floor to any cardinal who wanted to make a comment, a different format to ...

Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling ...

Pope Leo XIV will face many challenges in his time as leader of the Catholic Church, including how to counter Chinese ...