The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as ...

Leo said the world was living through "the dramatic scenario of a Third World War being fought piecemeal," repeating a phrase ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to ...

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

Parishioners in the islands had just finished morning mass when they got news of a new leader for the more than billion ...

Pastors may feel pressure to deliver mountaintop moments, but lasting formation is kindled in the steady fire of ordinary ...

Over 220 people gathered on the Louisa Courthouse lawn on May 1 to recognize the National Day of Prayer.

Paul’s cry to the Philippian jailer is a model for the church to respond to suicide in an America plagued by deaths of ...