Today is Ash Wednesday, and Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, has something he wants you to give up for Lent. “I would like to invite you to a very practical and frequently unappreciated form ...

The words of these school children in Los Angeles had moved the heart of one of the most powerful men in the world.

A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group has rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks. The position of the Society of St.

Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek "likes" on social media platforms like TikTok.

Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria in April in the first ever papal visit to the North African nation and the birthplace of St ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months.

Pope Leo XIV led the traditional Ash Wednesday penitential procession on Rome’s Aventine Hill on Feb. 18, walking with clergy and faithful to the Basilica of Santa Sabina, where he celebrated Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, in May and also minister to Italians poisoned by years of toxic dumping by the mafia.

CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of Feb. 15, 2026 links to stories on ...

Pope Leo XIV may be less inclined to stick his thumb in the eye of the conservative resistance, but he's no less committed to Pope Francis' agenda.

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his "heartfelt appeal" for an "immediate ceasefire" in Russia's war against Ukraine and again urged dialogue "be strengthened to pave the way toward peace." ...