ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with ...

The question of whether the pope has the capacity to connect with the crowds was largely put to rest this past week as Leo ...

The pontiff celebrated the concluding mass of one of the most important events of the Holy Year as 1 million faithful filled ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV is vacationing at Castel Gandolfo near Albano Lake, seen here, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome. Leo will be spending six weeks in the nearby historic summer retreat for popes.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged people on Sunday to embrace the summer season as a time to deepen their relationship with God through silence, reflection, and time spent with others.

Rooted in community life, Pope Leo XIV’s vision of authority centers not on control but on teaching, sanctifying and governing.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must “make oneself small ...

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking on Sunday after his Angelus prayer, he urged the international community to respect humanitarian laws and protect ...