The late Pope Francis, who died on April 21, made surprise visits to Catholic sites near Rome quite frequently. He asked to ...

Pope Leo XIV will lead the Regina Coeli prayer from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV took many local members of the Catholic community by surprise, not because of the speed at which ...

A Wheaton chapel-turned-restaurant — its stained glass windows still in place — may have been the perfect backdrop for the ...

The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public ...

Fascination with Pope Francis's funeral and Pope Leo's election reveals the enduring relevance of religion and Christianity in the supposedly secular age.

In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV surprised Catholics on Saturday by leaving the Vatican for his first trip outside of the city walls since becoming pontiff to visit a Catholic shrine in Rome.

In his first formal meeting with cardinals, which began with a standing ovation, the new pontiff said he chose his papal name ...

"I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new ministry that the church has given me" to seek Mary's help "to ...

The world watched as white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the swift election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and ...