Pope Leo named a relatively unknown Italian cleric on Friday to lead the Vatican office responsible for selecting Catholic bishops around the world, in the first major ...

Archbishop Filippo Iannone, named prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 26, 2025, is seen at the Vatican in this file photo from March 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Pope Leo ...

The new pope has been expected to run the Vatican in a different way from his predecessor. And Pope Leo XIV is now meeting that expectation with the Catholic Church’s finances, as he rolls back some ...

A man urinated on the Altar of Confession during a holy mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Friday as tourists watched in horror.

A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) ROME (AP) — The ...

King Charles III’s state visit to the Vatican gets underway on Thursday, when he will become the first British monarch to pray with a pope in 500 years, after a bruising week back home over the Prince ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican took the unusual step on Monday of announcing that it had named judges to decide the fate of a famous ex-Jesuit artist, whose mosaics decorate basilicas around the world and ...