The pope named French Archbishop Verny as new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, replacing ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in ...

Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful ...

Though hospitalized in critical condition, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make some major governing decisions.

This image released on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis shaking hands with Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun who is the first woman named to head a major ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for ...