Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta detailed how the tiny Vatican City State is governed, how its institutions operate, and what role ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate ...

The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test ...

The best way to describe him is as the anti-polarization pope. His biggest issues are peace and unity. He knows he’s ...

Leo, who spent 12 years as superior of his Augustinian religious order and two decades as a missionary in Peru, says he loves ...

The far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they ...

Pope Leo begins his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday with a visit to Turkey, where he is expected to ...

ANKARA >> Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church today and was expected ...

Pope Leo lamented during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts, and warned that a third world war was being ...

"This first international trip will be a very public test of Leo's papacy," writes Fr. Thomas Reese. "I don't expect a home run on his first time at bat, but neither will he strike out. A base hit ...