Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its ...

Their trip included visits to major basilicas in Rome and sacred sites in Assisi, including the Pontifical Sanctuary of the ...

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

A selection by Reuters editors of some of the photos from Pope Francis' funeral with comments by photographers ...

Leo, already established as a polyglot fluent in Italian, should not hesitate to use English and increasingly make it the ...

Born in Chicago as Robert Prevost in 1955, the new pope for the past decade has held dual citizenship in the U.S. and Peru, ...

A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear.

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

That's more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the conclave that will choose a successor to Pope Francis. Only ...