In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks could replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as New York archbishop after Pope Leo XIV accepts Dolan's mandatory ...

How a homeless man’s likeness ended up on display at the Vatican - The story of art and faith, and a human tragedy, caught ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of ...

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

A new church leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing opposition from local clergy and churchgoers who insist that a new bishop should be a native of the region — and now, the ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

The Pope’s visit, his words, everything he has done here, will move things forward toward eventual justice. How, exactly, is ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from ...