Father Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo, 44, succeeds Father Roberto Campisi, who was appointed permanent observer of the Holy See to UNESCO in September.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and his wife M.K. met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Wednesday, before the Pope’s general ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...

As Pope Leo XIV marks his six-month milestone Nov. 8, a gradual sketch of his style and vision of church is beginning to ...

But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality.

For the first time since he was selected to be the pope in May, Pope Leo will host Hollywood stars such as Cate Blanchett and ...

The appalling revelations of clerical sexual abuse in Belgium over the past 30 years include the case of a former bishop who abused two of his nephews. The length of Leo’s meeting with survivors – ...