Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a hit with many young people, with a style that put aside pre-prepared speeches to ...

In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic church, bishop of Rome and sovereign leader of Vatican City Then, the College of Cardinals ...

ROME, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday, encouraging a ...

Pope Leo received a rock star welcome over the weekend as he arrived by helicopter in a Rome suburb at what's been dubbed the ...

And then they waltzed. It was, after all, the first-ever “America Week Ball.” Officially, the Catholic church was in a nine-day period of mourning following Pope Francis’ funeral.

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has ...

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic Theological Union and the Rev. Stan Chu Ilo of DePaul University say.