Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for nations to give out amnesties and pardons to prisoners during the Jubilee year.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis is back at the Vatican in Rome after a busy 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States. He left Philadelphia on Sunday night after participating in the World Meeting of ...

VATICAN CITY — Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, spoke for countless of the faithful around the world at the end of Pope Leo XIV’s Inauguration Mass Sunday that further mapped out ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic community is joining those around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis. Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died Monday at the age of 88. People gathered at ...

Speaking to about 1,000 people taking part in the “Living Nativity” tradition at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Pope Leo ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic community honored Pope Francis Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral. Cardinal Blase Cupich led a memorial Mass starting at 10 a.m. It was open to the public. Fracis died on ...