Pope Leo XIV named Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, as archbishop of Chieti-Vasto. However, he did not name his successor to the Vatican post.

Church leaders will meet in Rome next week to understand how "The Joy of Love", Pope Francis' 2016 document on divorced and ...

When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.

The Holy See has confirmed the departure of Cardinal Mauro Gambetti as archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica. The Franciscan was brought in by Pope Francis in 2020. Just three months later, the Argentine ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen the 60-year-old Cardinal from Bologna, a Conventual Franciscan, as the new shepherd of the ...

Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi -- friars; nuns; laypeople -- mark the saint's journey from life ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu has no less than four parishes celebrating the feast of St. Francis of Assisi as their ...

Praising God through Sister Death is St. Francis’s cry of hope to cling to Christ through his "transitus" into the eighth day.

Ten years after the publication of Pope Francis’ document on the family, Pope Leo has asked the heads of the world’s bishops’ ...

They say the botched execution reveals the practice's moral contradictions and obligates faith leaders to stress church ...

Franciscan Sr. Margaret Carney wrote the libretto for "Francis: An Oratorio in Nine Scenes." Performances with the Buffalo ...

"The Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity." ...