The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Bishop James F. Checchio, who has led the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey since ...

The 50-year-old New Jersey native will succeed Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who submitted his retirement to the Vatican last ...

At the audience, speaking to 35,000 people standing in the rain, Leo XIV called on the faithful to pray the rosary for peace ...

Allen: How does that apply to the Middle East right now, and specifically to Gaza, where the situation seems to be escalating ...

Before the pilgrimage, the church reached out to the Vatican about singing for the pope and with no guarantees, off they went.

Families are both “a gift and a task” according to Pope Leo XIV, who was speaking Sep. 19 to participants of a Jubilee ...

Pope Leo XIV said his primary role as leader of the Church is confirming Catholics in their faith and sharing the Gospel with ...

When he was elected last May at age 69, the former Robert Prevost was the youngest pope since 1978, when Karol Wojtyla was ...

Leo is the youngest pope that half of the world has ever seen: The last time there was a 70-year-old pope was 30 years ago in ...

Pope Leo XIV has given permission for U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's ...

Extending the legacy of his predecessors who championed environmental responsibility as a core tenet of Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV said that caring for creation "represents a true vocation ...

Leo was visibly moved when musical groups in the square played ‘Happy Birthday,’ a gesture greeted with applause, cheers, and ...