ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

Pope Leo XIV says has said the Catholic Church must establish a culture that refuses to tolerate abuse in “any form,” as he ...

Al Pacino met Pope Leo XIV on Monday, June 16. "He was very excited and very happy to meet the Pope," film producer Andrea ...

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse, and called for 'transparent ...

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Pope Francis. “It (the embalming process) involves the injection of preservative liquids through the circulatory system, followed by aesthetic care of the face and hands,” Andrea Fantozzi ...

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

No pope has been buried in Santa Maria Maggiore since the 17th century, when Pope Clement IX was laid to rest there. I'm a specialist in Catholic liturgical history .