Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented "diabolical intensity" and ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to ...

Staff at a riverside cafe which was damaged after an arson attack had to "adapt and improvise" to get the business up and ...

In a meeting of biblical proportions, the pope and Jesus took a selfie – well, sort of. Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus Christ on "The Chosen," snapped a selfie with the newly elected pope recently, ...

Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy for the Holy Year. He has encouraged seminarians to be ...

Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus on the hit biblical series "The Chosen," met the new pope at the Vatican this week ...

When the world goes off kilter, words from the Vatican can seem toothless. But don’t underestimate the power of the Church’s ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. Leo made his first public ...

Behind the name Pope Leo and its ties to social justice 01:59. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.. There are no written rules or ...

In order to become a pope, a candidate need only be Catholic and male. However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials.

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast majority of whom Francis appointed, will choose a candidate under ...