VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV asked people to fast Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East ...

I ask all the faithful to spend Aug. 22 in fasting and prayer, asking the Lord to grant us peace and justice and to dry the tears of those who suffer because of the armed conflicts underway.” ...

Pope Leo XIV has approved expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled children, and granting family ...

A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, a Vatican official said.

The Vatican, with an area of only 44 hectares, holds significant cultural value as a pilgrimage site for many people around ...

The change to paternity leave affects employees of the Roman Curia, and mirrors one ordered under Pope Francis in January of ...

Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her ...

Pope Leo XIV approved expanded benefits for Vatican employees with children, formalizing the five-day paternity leave granted ...

The claims come as Pope Leo is desperately trying to clean up the Catholic Church’s reputation after years of scandal.

Vatican officials have estimated it will cost under 100 million euros ($114 million) to develop the solar farm, and that once it is approved by the Italian parliament, the contracts to do the work ...