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 ...

Leo XIV spoke to the pilgrims who came to Rome for the Jubilee of Work, postponed in May due to the death of Francis. The pope expressed hope for more work that allows “the expression of individ ...

In a brief communication, the Vatican Secretariat of State said that “Holy Father Leo XIV has in mind to convene an ...

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 ...

In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened for over 1,400 years: the congregation at a papal funeral Mass spontaneously proclaimed the deceased Pontiff a saint. The honoree was ...

Everyone knows that Pope Leo is the first pontiff from the United States. Everyone, that is, but the Vatican – at least when ...

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

The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of ...

Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for a prayer service for peace at ...

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 ...