Among Italians, the most recurrent name is Pietro Parolin, 70, the Vatican’s secretary of state, who played an important diplomatic role and was a central figure in Pope Francis’s leadership.

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

The vestments, created by the House of Hansen in former Cardinal Robert Prevost's hometown, were made of an ecclesiastical ...

Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of ...

The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out ...

This was Pope Leo XIV's first 'Mass for Creation' in Laudato Si’ Village, uniting faith, art, and care for the earth ...

The pontiff described how new generations have unprecedented ... and a Vatican spokesperson told media outlets the name choice was “not a casual reference.” Leo pointed to past comments made by his ...

The Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor has died in Buenos Aires at age 98 ROME -- Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...

As Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.

The pope named French Archbishop Verny as new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, replacing ...