Catholic doctrine on gay and transgender people won’t change anytime soon, Pope Leo XIV reportedly told a biographer in his ...

Pope Leo XIV will begin a 10-day visit to four African countries on 13 April, marking his first pastoral trip to the continent, the Vatican has announced. He will travel to Algeri ...

The number of Roman Catholics is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else, according to the Vatican. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV would make a 10-day trip to Africa in April ...

The Norwegian Trappist monk chosen to preach the Vatican’s Lenten retreat once called himself an atheist — and today is one ...

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Javier Cercas’ European Book Prize-winning work turns a Vatican trip into a searching conversation about faith, death, and what Europe still expects from religion. When Spanish novelist Javier Cercas ...

“I must confess that the issue remains in the background of my thoughts," the first American pontiff says in a new book.

Bishop Wilmer has supported Germany’s controversial Synodal Way reforms, including blessings for same-sex couples and ...

A reporter ponders on how to repair a religious structure long thought of as good but supported by an evil underside ...

Iran has appointed Alireza Arafi to the Leadership Council following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This group has taken charge, as senior military commanders were also eliminated ...

Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim, a vocal supporter of the controversial Synodal Way reforms including women's ordination ...

Signals of irritation from the White House towards Pope Leone for his open criticism of Trump’s migration policies continue from afar. In the US, an interview with Tom Homan the head of ...