A papal trip to Lebanon was long discussed under Pope Francis, but the country’s political and economic crises complicated planning.

Pope Leo XIV told one of the youngest priests in Spain, recently-ordained Father Miguel Tovar, 24, to never lose “the joy of ...

Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ ...

Gates met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after the Harvard professor and "Finding Your Roots" host published insights into the pope's ancestry.

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Can the global economy be rebuilt to serve people and the planet rather than profit? In his Jubilee Report, Pope Francis commissioned top economists to confront this question with urgent proposals to ...

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.

Pope Francis led the Catholic Church from March 2013 until his death, after a papal conclave elected him to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned as pope in February 2013. A member of the Jesuit ...