For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Luciano Maza Huamán the new Archbishop of Piura, the Peruvian diocese previously headed by a member of ...

On Gaudete Sunday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Holy Mass in St Peter's Basilica. In his homily, the Holy Father reflected on the word "Gaudete". He explained the "joy" of this Sunday reminds us of "the ...

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

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Pope Leo XIV has strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes, delivering his message during a special Mass for detainees, guards, and their families at the ...

This year will go down as one of the best and worst years ever to be a Catholic in the United States.

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by singing at a Mass at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 11. Students from ...

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

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