Pope Leo expresses solidarity with 'martyred Ukraine' over 'senseless war'. Pope Leo XIV met on June 28 with the pilgrims of the Ukrainian Catholic Church who travelled to Rome on the occasion of the ...

VATICAN CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. The secret election appears wide open but here are ...

A new Roman Catholic pope has been chosen. Read more about Robert Francis Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV. Guesses about who the next Roman Catholic pope will be often prove inaccurate.

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -As temperatures in Rome swelter this month, reaching more than 35 degrees Celsius ...

Pope Francis’ one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday, two days before his 88th birthday, will put a dual focus on the Mediterranean, highlighting local traditions of popular ...

Pope Leo appealed to Iran and Israel on Wednesday (June 25) not to pursue vengeance after 12 days of war, which the U.S.

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced. He had battled health problems throughout his life with bravery and good humor.

Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an ...

Pope Francis’s Book Editor Robert Ellsberg on the Pontiff’s Life, Legacy & Care for Refugees. Story April 21, 2025. ... making, he said, the Mediterranean into a giant cemetery.

World Pays Tribute to Pope Francis. The Vatican said Francis, the first pope from Latin America, had died after a stroke, and revealed that his will requested a simple tomb in Rome.

And Pope Francis has tried to strip away a lot of the pomp from his papacy, both in life and also in death. He's asking for a simpler casket. Popes were traditionally buried in three nested coffins.

Hollywood icon Al Pacino and producer Andrea Iervolino met Pope Leo at the Vatican and presented him a scale model of a Maserati in honor of their new movie about the brothers behind the cars.