The teachings of the Second Vatican Council are still "the guiding star" the Catholic Church is meant to follow, Pope Leo XIV ...

As cardinals gather in Rome for their first consistory under Pope Leo XIV, Venezuela has become a test case for the church’s ...

A day after closing out the 2025 Holy Year, Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals in Rome. He emphasizes the modernizing teachings of the Second Vatican Council as the church's “guiding star.” ...

Pope Leo XIV has closed the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, marking the end of a yearlong celebration that drew 33 million pilgrims ...

Pope Leo closed the Holy Door at St Peter’s on the Feast of the Epiphany to end the Jubilee of Hope opened by Pope Francis on ...

Pope Leo XIV has asked cardinals to advise him on key priorities governing the Catholic Church for the next two years.

Pope Leo XIV began a series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council at his first general audience of 2026 on Wednesday.

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s address Jan. 7, 2026, at the opening of the Extraordinary Consistory with the College of ...

It still feels unreal,” Father Kidney said. “Even though it happened, there’s an out-of-body quality to it. You drive through ...