For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

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

The Vatican has unveiled its Nativity scene and lit the towering Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. A band and chorus from ...

Pope Leo may not be God's gift to media ratings and computer clicks. When asked for a book to explain the perspective of 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 pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

On his first trip as pontiff, Leo XIV predictably called for peace and unity. But he also addressed technology’s promise and ...

Pope Leo credits a 17th-century monk’s simple spiritual wisdom as key to his outlook, offering a quiet contrast to his ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

The pope said we have an obligation to promote in every place "a society established on new criteria, and ultimately on charity." ...

Pope Francis and Charlie Kirk were among the noteworthy and influential people whose deaths had widespread impact in 2025.