Claire Giangravé

The pontiff and the pop star will be in Madrid next week. "It’s not impossible to think that here will be where Pope Leo and Bad Bunny will cross paths," said one city official.

Five of the more conservative U.S. cardinals were initially skeptical of Robert Prevost, whom they viewed as a more moderate version of Pope Francis, according to an unnamed cardinal cited in Massimo Franco's book.

Over nearly the last year, the bishops have gradually ramped up a forceful and united defense of the American pope’s critiques of Trump administration policies.

Pope Leo XIV announced a significant reshuffling of top Vatican posts on March 30, consolidating his leadership over the church and the Roman Curia almost one year into his pontificate.

The newly released Epstein files show that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis, including a move that Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis.’

Some Catholic women are expressing disappointment that local clergy have kept mostly silent about what's happening in their parishes.

Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in visiting Algeria, a trip that would mark the first papal visit to the North African nation and highlight its small but symbolically significant Catholic community rooted in dialogue with Islam.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin urges restraint by federal agents as Catholic bishops in the United States criticize immigration enforcement tactics.

As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a forceful call against antisemitic violence.

The move signals a new phase in Sino-Vatican relations and the regularization of local church structures.

The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have been killed in the war.

Azerbaijan's hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the Holy See of whitewashing the country's destruction of their Christian heritage.

Acutis' "reputation of holiness," part of any saint's cause, has taken the church by storm. He is referred to by many names: the saint in sneakers, the patron of the Internet, God's jester or — as Francis described him — the saint next door.

Starting in 2023, a restoration team worked to reconstruct the traces of what the site might have looked like in the past.

Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement.

"He was a source of inspiration for many artists, even those who have nothing to do with religion, because he was a transparent person — for better or for worse. A real person," said the street artist Maupal.

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late pope.

Claims against the famous artist have brought attention to the widespread sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse of religious sisters.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, Catholic chaplains said, noting the pope's longtime focus on addressing the needs of incarcerated people.

As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their Catholic parishes, schools and universities.