Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomes new ambassadors to the Vatican during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Dec. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV welcomes new ambassadors to ...

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to ...

Pope Leo XIV changed a Vatican law to allow women and non-cardinals to lead the Vatican City administration. Francis appointed a woman in November.

Michael Bublé, a Catholic who spoke to reporters after meeting the pope, said he was “overwhelmed” and “I’m really still not over the moment.” ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Carson Daly and his wife, Siri, traveled to Rome for the Vatican's "Concert with the Poor," led by their friend Michael Bublé ...

Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the importance of dialogue and his hopes for a ...

Representatives from the country's First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities were in Montreal to greet the arrival of 62 ...

What looks like a tiny dot on the map turns out to be one of the most remarkable places in Europe, where centuries of faith and culture sit side by side ...