Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

ALBERTO DE ANGELIS, the mayor of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Pope Leo returning to the hilltop town for the summer, a tradition Francis had abandoned.

Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, ...

A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care ...

Pope Francis' encyclical, "'Laudato Si',' has now guided the Catholic Church and many people of goodwill for ten years. May ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to be joyful and honest, offering an uplifting message after Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Sunday said the international community must strive to avoid war that risks opening an "irreparable abyss", and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass outdoors at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, his cathedral as bishop of Rome, on June 22, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News) ...

Pope Leo thanked Ugaz and others "who have persevered in this cause, even when they were ignored, discredited or even persecuted judicially." "Prevention and care are not a pastoral strategy," the ...

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority -- and called for “transparent ...