ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help ...

The Ukrainian president held talks with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, ahead of the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference which is ...

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced on Monday—after months of health ailments, including a bout of severe pneumonia—ending a more than decade-long reign where he pushed to make the ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the Vatican is on ...

VATICAN CITY, April 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that ...

Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal ...

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after suffering from a respiratory crisis — one that required oxygen treatments, the Vatican said.. The pope, 88, was hospitalized a week ago with ...

Pope Francis celebrating mass in the chapel of Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome on March 16, 2025. Vatican Press Hall, Via AP. No one else is visible in the picture, released by Vatican, which ...