In a letter, the pope prayed to St. Francis, asking the saint's intercession "to give us the courage to build bridges where ...

COMMENTARY: Early signs from Leo’s first consistory suggest continuity with Pope Francis’ original pastoral vision — more in ...

Nostra Aetate” marked one of the most radical turns in Catholic history: a shift from suspicion to encounter, from a closed ...

In his first baptismal ceremony as pope, Leo celebrated the Lord’s gift of faith to the children, saying that it gives sense ...

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

Pope Leo XIV is preparing for a very busy year at the Vatican in 2026, with important events such as the conclusion of the ...

Pope Leo XIV is preparing for a very busy year at the Vatican in 2026, with important events such as the conclusion of the ...

VATICAN CITY -- King Charles III and Queen Camilla prayed Thursday with Pope Leo XIV in a historic visit to the Vatican to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV greets Britain’s King Charles III in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican after a state visit and prayer with him in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday. The Associated Press VATICAN CITY ...

On Saturday night, more than 80,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square to witness the Vatican's largest-ever drone display, orchestrated by Nova Sky Stories, a company owned by Kimbal Musk, brother ...

More than 3,000 drones lit up the night sky above the Vatican, forming images of the Virgin Mary, Pope Francis and Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” in a spectacle over St. Peter’s Basilica. More than ...