Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

At the time of his election in May and in the months immediately following, this correspondent expressed a cautious ...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for ...

Pope criticises prison overcrowding during special service for inmates - Pope Leo XIV also highlighted insufficient inmate rehabilitation at the event ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

The pope also said that Europe should be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President ...

(RNS) — The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo ...

The American pontiff has rebuked the White House over its treatment of immigrants and the potential invasion of Venezuela.