On May 8, 2025, a billow of white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, announcing a new pope had been chosen — Pope Leo XIV, who was known just hours before as Cardinal Robert Prevost, prefect…
VATICAN CITY— Unlike Pope Francis, who shook things up early on with a flurry of reforms, appointments and new structures, Pope Leo XIV has sought to find his footing and take a longer view of his pontificate.…
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope…
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday appealed for peace as violence and fear continue to spread in Iran and across the Middle East, praying in particular for Lebanon and warning that the conflict could widen.…
VATICAN — Pope Leo XIV on Friday expressed deep concern over the growing number of global conflicts as well as the disintegrating influence of multilateral institutions, saying that “war is back in fashion.” During an audience with…
ROME – Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Sunday led the Simbang Gabi at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, which reverberated in the hearts of thousands of faithful gathered in the center of Catholicism. The enduring Filipino Christmas…
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online. The 29-year-old nun, whose secular…
VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of Catholics and politicians including US Vice President JD Vance will gather at the Vatican on Sunday for the inauguration mass of Leo XIV, the first US pope. Ten days after…
VATICAN CITY — Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations for bishops. But…
Vatican City, Holy See – Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of…
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind the heavy doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for their second day of…
ROME – With a disarming smile and a great informality that is especially liked by young people, Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, one of the most well-known faces of the Asian Church, is a top papabile (pope tip)…
