Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission, established by his predecessor Francis to encourage Vatican ...

Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He decreed that ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

The pope also said that Europe should be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...