ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican ...

Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 ...

The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope Francis, but instead will rely on others across the Catholic Church ...

Marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful, and fruitful,” Pope Leo XIV said Sunday.

On Religion: For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix.

How will Pope Leo XIV wield the Vatican’s unique blend of soft power and moral authority on the world stage?

He has cited Pope Paul VI’s famous thundering claim at the United Nations: “War, Never again!” In his homily at the inauguration Mass, Pope Leo drew this theme out with two indispensable elements: ...

With the fisherman's ring and the lambswool pallium over his shoulders, these links to John Paul II helped Leo XIV stress the need for unity and core Catholic traditions. Nonetheless, he faces painful ...

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

The new pope, Leo XIV, said he does not have any plans to travel to the United States soon The pontiff gave a speech to the journalists who covered his recent election as pope and talked with some of ...