It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

The trial of a democracy activist in Hong Kong on charges of collusion with foreigners and seditious activity was delayed – ...

Pope Francis called Friday for more dialogue with Islam and offered an olive branch to China and other countries that don’t have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

Pope Francis has reached out to China several times. On March 7, Meng Anming, professor of Developmental Biology at Tsinghua University in Beijing, was named a member of the Pontifical Academy of ...

Yet as Pope Francis sought to make inroads for the Church in China, the deal was renewed several times, most recently in October 2024, for four years.

Pope Leo XIV has addressed the opportunities and challenges of AI often, leading many to think he will write in an encyclical about its implications.

Pope Leo XIV is expected to travel to Lebanon before the end of the year on his first international trip. Cardinal Bechara ...

An examination of Pope Leo's first 100 days reveals a Catholic leader eager to build bridges and unify conservatives and ...

In one of his most controversial acts, Francis in 2021 reversed Pope Benedict XVI ’s signature liturgical legacy and restricted access for ordinary Catholics to the old Latin Mass.