Tech billionaire and artificial intelligence investor Peter Thiel criticized Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, accusing the pontiff of serving as a “useful idiot for the [Chinese Communist Party]” by calling ...

Pope Leo XIV begins his first visit to France on Friday, arriving in a country where Catholicism is no longer the dominant ...

Women who benefit from services at Maison Bakhita and volunteers gather during the center’s annual general assembly in Paris June 25, 2026. Maison Bakhita, operated by the Archdiocese of Paris, ...

On the eve of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris, Vatican News Correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov reports from outside the Cathedral of Notre Dame to ...

The Grotto of Massabielle is one of the 22 sites making up the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. The sanctuary is home to numerous places of worship, including three basilicas: the Basilica of the ...

The Vatican’s recent excommunication of followers of a Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X, has revived a longstanding feud within the Roman Catholic Church ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pontiff linked climate preparedness to justice for vulnerable communities.

In an interview with Vatican Media ahead of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Journey to France, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, ...

Pope Leo XIV flies to Uruguay on Nov. 6 to launch a 12-day circuit through three South American countries, following the detailed program the Holy See released Sept. 21. Meetings with presidents, ...

Lebanese authorities have arrested a prominent Syrian IS operative who was allegedly tasked with assassinating the head of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV is expected to draw large crowds during his visit to France. As part of his trip to Europe, he's also set to address the continent's future and some of the challenges ahead.

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a ...