Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 2025 on Wednesday to invite Catholics to look back on the past year ...

The prefecture said that meant 2,913,800 people had encountered Pope Leo at the Vatican in 2025. The total for 2024, which ...

While the year was marked by profound change, the new pope emphasized his intention to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in a spirit of continuity with his predecessor.

During the year 2025, the participation of the faithful in audiences and liturgical celebrations at the Vatican reached a ...

Mindful that Pope Francis had often used the traditional pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia to deliver some hard ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first Christmas Eve mass held inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican will begin airing on Dec. 24 at 11:30 ...

Pope Leo XIV’s impact on the Church and the world is expected to come into fuller focus in 2026, his first full calendar year ...

During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called ...

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of his pontificate.

As the Vatican prepares for Pope Leo’s first Christmas since his election, its Christmas Nativity scenes go beyond tradition.

Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed in Pope Francis' footsteps and used a Christmas greeting to gently criticize ...

Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own ...