The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo ...

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place presiding over the most im… ...

For Holy Week, Pope Francis has delegated three cardinals to celebrate the Vatican’s Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies as the state of the pontiff’s health continues to steadily improve ...

Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him. "The night passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican ...

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remained hospitalized with a multi-pronged ...

The Vatican has clarified that Catholics in the United States must still attend Mass on holy days of obligation even when they are transferred to Mondays or Saturdays, correcting a long-standing ...

His hospitalization has also forced the cancellation of some events surrounding the Vatican Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century ceremony in which millions of pilgrims flock to Rome.