(223) In Evangelii Gaudium (no.227), Francis describes three responses: to see and move as if it were not my problem; to see and become entrapped by the conflict; or, thirdly, to face the problem ...

"That is why I've decided to take the name Leo XIV." After addressing the cardinals, Leo made an unexpected trip to Francis's grave. The former pontiff had asked for his body to be entombed inside ...

stepping onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly after white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel — the traditional signal that a new pope has been elected.He succeeds Pope Francis who ...

Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community praised Pope Francis for his outreach and credited him with moving the Catholic Church away from condemnation and towards tolerance and embrace. Now, the outlook ...

The world of sport is “a constellation of many stars,” Pope Francis told La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian daily sports newspaper, during a wide-ranging interview in January 2021.

In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope on May 8, 2025, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. At 69, he becomes the first American ...

A drawing, based on excavator Hjalmar Stolpe's field records, showing the location of the skeleton and grave goods within the Birka burial. It's possible, albeit controversial, that this woman was ...

TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty At another point during his speech, which lasted roughly 10 minutes, the new pope also thanked his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. "We still keep in our ears that ...

In 2014, Francis sent him back into the mission field, naming him bishop of Chiclayo, in northern Peru. He served there until the pope called him to Rome again for full-time service in the Roman ...

REUTERS Murad Sezer Pope Leo XIV succeeds Argentine reformer Pope Francis, who died last month aged 88 after a 12-year papacy characterised by his progressive reforms and focus on compassion ...

Francis brought Prevost, 69, to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic ...