The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of the relatively cooler climes of Castel Gandolfo.

French Archbishop Thibault Verny is the Vatican's new president of its Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome, his first break since his election in May, but he has plenty to think about.

Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.

Leo is a methodical, hard-working and well-prepared manager who wants to read entire reports, not just the executive ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican’s commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the US pontiff’s first public move to confront an issue that has damaged ...

The Holy Father, speaking in English, expressed his “sincere condolences” to “families who have lost loved ones, in ...

In 1491, a child named Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola was born in the Basque region of Spain. This child would later be known ...

Since his 2022 appointment, Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein has seen the destruction of at least 325 Catholic places of worship ...

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault ...