Mr. Gibson is the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. Since his election in May as the first American pope, Leo XIV has become a political and temperamental ...

The Pope loves his peeps. Pope Leo XIV was riding through St. Peter’s Square gracing gatherers with his presence, when he got an unexpected present — a giant Peep doll — and the sweet clip went viral.

SEATTLE - The Seahawks are sitting on top of the NFC West, and a win Saturday could make the path to the Super Bowl much smoother. The Hawks take on the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday at 5 p.m. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican as they gather to pray the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Holy Family, Dec. 28, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media VATICAN CITY ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday, during which the Venezuelan leader ...

Cardinal John O’Connor is one such hero, who lived a life of service, courage and humility before many of them were born. As ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old. Leo presided over a New Year’s Eve ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Rushed preparations, soaring pilgrim numbers and underwhelming financial returns defined a Jubilee Year shaped by an unexpected papal transition. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ...

Pope Leo closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday (January 6, 2026), sealing shut a special "Holy Door" in St. Peter's Basilica. GOP lawmakers join Democrats to stop map change Kyle Brandt ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met on Thursday with the world's Catholic cardinals as part of a two-day summit, urging the senior clerics to shun divisions in the 1.4-billion-member Church ...