William, side by side with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer , stood for a moment's silence in front of Pope Francis's sealed wooden and zinc coffin in its place before the altar in St Peter's Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass a ...

VATICAN CITY -- The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the ...

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

Leo XIV’s remarks to the DDF on Thursday merit close reading and careful attention, both for the direction they set for the doctrine dicastery and for the terse message the pontiff offered regarding ...

Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican doctrine office to uphold truth, justice and charity when deciding clergy sex abuse cases.

A leading Catholic newspaper has made it clear that Vice President JD Vance has chosen to serve Trump rather than follow the teachings of Jesus. “In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus famously proclaimed, ...

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally has lashed out at Donald Trump’s deportation program, describing ICE as a “lawless” operation and ...

At the Jan. 4 Angelus, Pope Leo XIV seemed to cast his gaze westward, beyond the Atlantic. “The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration,” he said, urging to ...

The Catholic environmental stewardship group invites more local Catholics to its work of caring for our common home – this ...

As the new year begins and the Jubilee Year comes to a close, Pope Leo XIV will hit the ground running with an extraordinary consistory taking place in Rome this week. The Vatican confirmed in a Dec.

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Dec. 10, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola ...