The Vatican announced Thursday that Bishop Ronald Hicks will fill the vacancy of the Archdiocese of New York, replacing ...

Just a few weeks remain until the closing of the holy year, which was inaugurated by Pope Francis on Dec. 24, 2024.

Multiple news reports indicated that Pope Leo XIV had chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois — ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

EDITORIAL: Just how desperately we need hope in today’s troubled world was made apparent though the darkness of the events ...

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the solution for restless hearts in his catechesis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on ...

Leo seems to be understanding that his ministry must be open to the world — a world that does not understand Italian.

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ...

Francis, 88, died on Monday at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a forceful call against ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...