Discover why Vatican City, the heart of the Catholic Church, remains an independent city-state entirely surrounded by Rome.

Our Church needs unity and a capacity to grow in missionary zeal. When traditional means are proving effective, we should ...

We can offer our own form of papal indulgence for Pope Leo's baseball inclinations. Under church teaching, this is a personal, not papal, declaration.

The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope ...

The new pope is making the potential threat of artificial intelligence to humanity a signature issue—but Silicon Valley is ...

Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll ...

Popes have used the estate at Castel Gandolfo as a summer residence since the 17th century. Pope Francis broke from that tradition, but now Pope Leo XIV is reviving it.

In an unexpected visit, Hollywood actor Al Pacino was received by Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday, June 17, at the Vatican.

Blessed Peter To Rot, the first Catholic from Papua New Guinea expected to be named a saint later this year, was “an example ...

In Italy for production of the upcoming film about the Maserati auto empire, “The Godfather” star had an official audience ...

With the election of Pope Leo XIV, the church and the world had to come to grips with an unexpected, new spiritual leader, ...

The legendary movie star is the first A-lister to meet the new pontiff since his election to the papacy last month.