Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. "Aspire to great things, to ...

Pope Leo XIV presiding over the mass outside Rome on Sunday, a highlight of the Catholic Church's Jubilee year - Copyright AFP Jack GUEZ Pope Leo XIV presiding over ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis is back at the Vatican in Rome after a busy 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States. He left Philadelphia on Sunday night after participating in the World Meeting of ...

Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Lebanon and new approaches for peace in the Middle East before returning to ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for "merciful compassion" for the world's poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special spiritual ...