Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo ...

In 1958, the papal election took a bizarre turn when white smoke was followed by black smoke—an unprecedented event in ...

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for unity within the Catholic Church. He spoke to priests during a special Holy Year week ...

Jesus’ threefold command to Peter wasn’t just a moment of personal redemption — it was the moment Christ entrusted him with universal pastoral authority.

Just as Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II worked to defeat the USSR, Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV can confront Putin’s Russia. President Trump’s Truth Social message after his phone ...

Editor’s Note: The following is the full text of the message of Pope Leo XIV to the French Bishops’ Conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the canonizations of Sts. John Eudes ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday.

Shortly after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV, his brothers John and Louis Prevost became frequent guests on network TV. “We kind of knew he was special. We used to ...

In his homily during his inauguration Mass on Oct. 22, 1978, Pope John Paul II noted that popes had been crowned in the past, but said the focus should be elsewhere. “This is not the time to ...

Vatican City, May 17, 2025 / 07:00 am. The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s Square.

This year, a day later on May 25, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. Later that evening, Leo will visit the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

The Religious Order That Molded the Pope: The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics ...