In their first call, Pope Leo emphasized dialogue with Putin about the Ukraine war, while the Kremlin leader claimed Kyiv was escalating the conflict after recent infrastructure attacks.

At the start of the 20th century, cycling in Europe had become so popular that it led to the creation of the Tour de France in 1903 and the Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy) in 1909.

The readout of the pope's call with Vladimir Putin was unusual for the Vatican, which does not always issue statements about ...

Pope Leo urged Russia to take steps towards ending the conflict in Ukraine when he spoke to President Vladimir Putin for the ...

The Namugongo shrine is where St. Charles Lwanga, a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church, and his companions were burned to ...

Pope Leo XIV in his speech Monday called Blessed Iuliu Hossu “a symbol of fraternity transcending all ethnic and religious ...

In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June.

In a ceremony on Monday, Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek Catholic bishop who saved ...

Marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful, and fruitful,” Pope Leo XIV said Sunday.

Blessed Iuliu Hossu was named a cardinal "in pectore" -- secretly -- by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a ...

Pope Leo XIV “is the man the church and the world need right now” and his greatest challenge, “the one he’ll carry most in ...

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.