Clerics taking part in a conclave take a vow not to communicate with the outside world and surrender their phones and all other communication devices during proceedings.

The Vatican said peace and care for the poor will be central themes of the African journey, which will also bring him in the ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of ...

Francis angered conservatives in the Catholic Church with his stances on gay people, divorce and immigration.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half ...

The number of Roman Catholics is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else, according to the Vatican. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV would make a 10-day trip to Africa in April ...

The Vatican on Wednesday announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, ...

Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret decrees that gave ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months. In May, he will visit ground zero of Europe’s immigration drama, the ...