Pope Francis also waived Vatican rules to canonize Pope John XXIII. LONDON, July 5, 2013 — -- He was the "Pilgrim Pope," the man who traveled the world inspiring a young generation of Catholics ...

COMMENTARY: Starting with Pope St. John Paul II and World Youth Day, recent popes have had their pontificates ‘baptized’ by rallies connected to Catholic youth. Pope Leo XIV holds the cross as he ...

The title character, an American priest asked by the Vatican to investigate the sanctification of the pontiff who was proclaimed a saint in 2014, will be played by actor Mark Ruffalo. A painting of St ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. "Aspire to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of thousands of young people on Saturday to have the courage to make radical choices to do good, as he presided over his first big encounter with the next ...

April 2, 2005 — -- Pope John Paul II became a truly global figure, in part, because he knew how best to use the media -- whether it was television, radio or the Internet. In Poland, Mexico or ...

During his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the international stage and into the ...

ROME – Recently Pope Leo caused a ruckus among American Catholics by saying the death penalty and immigration are “pro-life” issues alongside abortion. By extension, he also suggested that the lone ...