Over a million pilgrims began crying and cheering when the white military helicopter descended over the vigil, where young ...

Pope Leo has celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure, encouraging a crowd of more than a million ...

Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a hit with many young people, with a style that put aside pre-prepared speeches to ...

Pope Leo held a final mass in Rome on Sunday, the culmination of a week-long youth pilgrimage that welcomed over a million ...

Pope Leo declared himself a Roman as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope was formally taking possession of two papal basilicas ...

Pope Leo is greeted by Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri at the foot of Capitoline Hill, in Rome (Riccardo De Luca/AP) In his homily, Leo said he wanted to listen to them “in order to learn ...

Although the popes’ political authority over Rome ceased in 1870 when the city was captured as the capital of the new nation of Italy, the papacy did not become one of Rome’s many decaying ...

Pope Leo XIV has announced plans to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the Church—one of the highest recognitions in ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth ...

Father Michael Tidd, headmaster at the Delbarton School in New Jersey, reacts to the massive number of young Catholics who ...

Pope Leo declared himself a Roman as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St John Lateran ...

World Pope declares ‘I am Roman’ as he completes formalities to become bishop of Rome The first American pope was formally taking possession of two papal basilicas in the Eternal City on Sunday.