Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and ...

With less than two months in office following his election to the papacy in May, Pope Leo XIV has been formally invited to ...

Flushing resident Victor Mooney, presented a commemorative pennant to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City following a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Close to the start of the ancient Appian Way in Rome is the earliest known underground cemetery in the city, a network of catacombs containing remains of early Christian ...

Vance and Rubio meet with pope in push to reset relations with Vatican By John Hudson, Anthony Faiola and Michelle Boorstein The Washington Post, Updated May 19, 2025, 7:17 p.m.

VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio held their first formal meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Monday as the Trump administration seeks to reset relations with ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his papacy. JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are attending.

When Saint Peter was martyred on Vatican Hill, he requested to be crucified upside-down as he did not feel worthy of dying in the same manner as Jesus Christ. (Getty: Vincenzo Fontana) Following ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...