CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

The prelate succeeds U.S.-born Cardinal Seán O’Malley, 81, the founding president of the safeguarding commission established ...

While some victims have praised the commission's efforts, it has also been roiled by the resignations of several of its ...

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new ...

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Pope Francis has shown "slight" improvement over the past 24 hours, but remains in critical condition, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized in Rome for nearly two ...

To date, there's been no reference to any onset of sepsis in the medical updates provided by the Vatican. This hospitalization now ties Francis' longest as pope.

To date there has been no reference to any onset of sepsis in the medical updates provided by the Vatican. At 10 full days, this hospitalization now stands as Francis' longest as pope.

Rome: Pope Francis was in critical condition on Saturday as he was suffering from a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old Francis ...