Religious affairs specialist Martin O’Brien reports from Rome as Pope Leo XIV addressed pilgrims in St Peter’s Square ...

During his first visit outside the Vatican, on Saturday evening, Pope Leo XIV stopped at the Basilica of St Mary Major to pray before the icon of Mary Salus Populi Romani and at the tomb of the late ...

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

The new pope began his pontificate in the sign of peace. Today, Good Shepherd Sunday, in front of almost 100,000 people, he ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and "houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

Mistakes were made, apparently. ‘Woe be unto the person who decided to do it the way that they did it,’ one expert says.

I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of ...

The Holy Father also prayed St. John Paul II's prayer to the Mother of Good ... where he prayed in front of the tomb of Pope Francis, his immediate predecessor. Pope Leo XIV prays at the tomb ...

(Painting by Jean-Paul Laurens, 1870) Pope Callixtus III’s tomb lies in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, the final resting place of some 148 popes, including Pope Benedict XV (tomb at right ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some things to ...