Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the ...

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

The decorations in St. Peter’s Square will once again have an Italian touch. The day will begin with several audiences with ...

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

The Governorate of Vatican City State has announced the origins of the fir tree and Nativity scene that will adorn St.

An Inuvialuit sealskin kayak was transferred to the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) this week after a century in the ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration's effort to "break apart" the long-standing U.S.-European ...

The recent meeting at the Vatican between Governor JB Pritzker and Pope Leo raises troubling questions about the Church’s ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

As they do essential work for the safety of Italy and its citizens -- and often help the Vatican as well -- the officers and ...