Pope Leo XIV will invite a select number of “flatmates” to move in with him when he occupies the papal apartments later this ...

The shrine’s small church, with its gable façade and ogival windows, dates to the 13th century; behind it is a mystical ...

Pope Leo XIV plans to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign trip, according to the country’s Catholic cardinal.

COMMENTARY: Starting with Pope St. John Paul II and World Youth Day, recent popes have had their pontificates ‘baptized’ by ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless ...

There has been speculation over Leo's first international destination, as early papal trips often define the tone of a pontificate. The late Pope Francis's first major journey outside Rome, to the ...

ABC's Lana Zak recaps the final day of the pope's U.S. visit in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis is back at the Vatican in Rome after a busy 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States.

Pope Francis endorsed gay civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for a feature-length documentary that made its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome — Pope Francis has long lamented that he can't walk around town unnoticed like he used to before becoming pope. But he seems to have nevertheless kept his sense ...

Rome -- Pope Francis created 14 new cardinals Thursday at a ceremony at the Vatican. Francis said these new cardinals, who hail from 11 countries including Iraq, Poland, Pakistan, Portugal, Peru ...