Pope Francis

The American pope, in a post on X marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by his predecessor, Pope Francis

Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an “anti-white” or Islamist uprising linked to uncontrolled immigration

But when it was released after a yearslong consultation, “The Joy of Love” immediately sparked controversy because it opened the door to letting civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion

His appeal came seven months before France’s presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leading opinion polls for the National Rally and traditional parties struggling to hold voters after nearly a decade of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency

Spanish-born Cristobal Lopez Romero, who denies wrongdoing, was seen by some as a potential successor to Pope Francis in the 2025 conclave

Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026 in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war and flexed decisive papal muscle to govern internal church problems

Pope Leo XIV issued a veiled criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Saturday, urging Americans to prioritize "compassion" as he extended "heartfelt congratulations" on the United States’ 250th anniversary

Leo's visit also comes just two weeks after the European Union's approval of new migrant rules allowing much broader detention powers and the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc

Pope Leo XIV arrived on Saturday on Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants who risked the perilous crossing from North Africa, in a symbolic rebuke to the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from US and EU political factions

Pope Leo XIV celebrated America’s 250th birthday during his acceptance speech for the 2026 Liberty Medal award on Friday

Leo prayed before Cabrini’s tomb in a basilica named for her in her birthplace in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, near Milan, and presided over an evening prayer service

When Spain’s top bishops met with Pope Leo XIV in November, they expressed concerns about young Spaniards whose hunger for spirituality had drawn them to private Catholic groups instead of the church

Pope blesses Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia amid overtourism ‘curse’ protests

Five other candidates vying for the job, including public health researcher Nina Schwalbe, sat up there too—relieved to finally be invited to a forum, unlucky to be running in one of the most crowded, chaotic, and colorful races of the cycle

Maria Montserrat Alvarado, who is now the president of the US-based Catholic media outlet, EWTN News, will lead the Vatican’s powerful communications department, which was set up by the late Pope Francis in 2015 and oversees the Vatican’s news site as well as its radio station, newspaper, press office, publishing house and film library

Some Canadians may have a case for requesting religious exemptions from artificial intelligence usage in the workplace, following formal Catholic Church warnings from Pope Leo XIV about the technology

The Vatican’s response to artificial intelligence (AI) began a decade ago in the private library of a religious order in central Rome, where a group of top Silicon Valley executives gathered with senior Catholic officials below shelves lined with antique books spanning centuries of Christian thought

Pope Leo XIV warns of dangers of AI

Pope Leo has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind

The sanctuary is located near the excavations of the city that was buried in A.D. 79, when Mount Vesuvius erupted and spewed volcanic ash and gas across the region

Pope Leo XIV is marking one year since his historic election, making the transition from a low-profile cardinal to one of the most recognizable figures on the planet

Leo on Friday returned from a 10-day tour of Africa, during which he continued to speak out against war and injustices

The second Trump administration has been an eventful era for American Catholics, as tensions between the Vatican and the White House continued to make headlines over disagreements about the war in Iran throughout the month of April

Yet on May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Prevost became not only the first pope born in North America, but also the first to hold U.S. (and Peruvian) citizenship

Given the United States’ superpower status, the Catholic Church would inevitably worry that elevating an American to the papacy would give the country too much influence

Pope Leo XIV last Friday urged African youth to work toward improving their own countries rather than migrating elsewhere in search of better opportunities

When Pope Leo XIV was in May 2025, many observers expected a quieter pontificate than his predecessor, Francis—a scholar-administrator from Chicago, steeped in liturgical tradition, wearing the red mozzetta and moving into the Apostolic Palace

Pope Francis, a charismatic reformer, died at age 88 on April 21 last year — Easter Monday — after having led the world's 1.4 billion Catholics since March 2013

Pope Leo XIV last Friday urged African youth to work toward improving their own countries rather than migrating elsewhere in search of better opportunities

Speaking at a Turning Point USA rally in Georgia on 14 April 2026, Vance issued what amounted to a theological lesson to the Holy Father

Argentina marked one year since Pope Francis’s death on Friday 18 April 2026 with a large open air tribute in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires

Vice President JD Vance thanked Pope Leo XIV on Saturday for comments that appeared to ease tensions with President Donald Trump following their public feud

The 93-year-old president won an eighth term last year in a disputed poll and his administration faces criticism over allegations of corruption, bad governance and a failure to tackle security

President Donald Trump faced renewed scrutiny this week after sharing AI-generated photos on social media

Hal Lambert, the founder of Point Bridge Capital and one of the more clear-eyed observers of the intersection between American politics and institutional power, saw coordination where others saw coincidence

The AI image showed Trump wearing robes and healing a sick man with beams of light coming from his hands

CNN's Brian Stelter reports how Donald Trump's controversial AI-generated memes have been drawing criticism from allies, media figures and religious leaders

Faith, politics and power collide in an escalating global dispute

Donald Trump has sparked fresh controversy after sharing a post featuring an image of himself alongside a figure resembling Jesus Christ, reigniting debate over religion in US politics

Late-night hosts reacted to the breakdown of peace talks between the US and Iran and Donald Trump’s one-sided beef with Pope Leo XIV

Fox News was halted for a breaking alert as anchor Bret Baier interviewed US vice president JD Vance, after Donald Trump caused controversy in a very public row with Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV’s standoff with President Trump is the latest example in which a pope ventured into geopolitical territory, at times directly clashing with the secular authorities or even provoking political change

Pope Leo XIV starts a four-nation visit to Africa Monday, visiting the fastest-growing continent for the Catholic Church as he embarks on his fourth foreign trip since becoming pontiff in 2025

The Vatican frames it as a milestone for interfaith dialogue

Vice President JD Vance needed a quick reminder from the press on Wednesday after he seemed to forget the name of a senior Vatican official who reportedly faced hostility from U.S. military brass earlier this year

Conservative podcaster Candace Owens reacted to reports of senior Pentagon officials summoning Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador amid growing tensions with the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV condemned "fake news" on Easter Monday amid his call for global peace while seemingly taking aim at President Donald Trump

Pope Leo XIV washed the feet of 12 priests in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a tradition his predecessor had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians in ceremonies at prisons, juvenile detention halls and centers for asylum-seekers

Still, some Catholics are hoping for a more explicit moral reckoning from their pope

Pontiff was addressing tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV heads to Monaco on March 28 for a one-day visit that will see him greet the Catholic faithful in a Mediterranean principality known best for yachts and gambling

Leo penned a special message marking the 10th anniversary of Francis’ 2016 document “The Joy of Love.” He called the text a “luminous message of hope” that is even more relevant and urgent today than it was a decade ago

Defence lawyers hailed the ruling as potentially historic, given it represents a Vatican court overturning an act of the Pope himself

But after being abandoned under the late Pope Francis, who chose a more modest dwelling elsewhere in the Vatican, they required extensive renovation

He replaces French-born Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who at age 80 is retiring as apostolic nuncio in Washington

As the clerics were preparing to take their first vote inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which was fitted with jamming equipment to prevent outside communications, security officials picked up the signal of an active mobile connection

The Vatican has unveiled an extensive international travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026

Almost 400,000 have registered to venerate the relics; Mayor Stoppini anticipates the total could reach half a million before the bones return to their tomb on 22 March

Bannon had been highly critical of Francis whom he saw as an opponent to his “sovereigntist” vision, a brand of nationalist populism which swept through Europe in 2018 and 2019