St. Francis’ meditations on the life of Christ led him to create the first-ever Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy, in 1223.

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a ...

Mindful that Pope Francis had often used the traditional pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia to deliver some hard ...

The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday highlighted four virtues of St. Joseph — “piety and charity, mercy and trust” — as guides for ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

14 December also marked the Jubilee of Hope for prisoners and all those who work in prisons. Pope Leo recalled that 26 ...

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for nations to give out amnesties and pardons to prisoners during the Jubilee year.

Pope Leo XIV Sunday blessed statues of the infant Jesus that will be placed in nativity scenes on Christmas day, pointing to ...

Are Leo’s gestures towards inclusion genuine steps forward, or carefully measured moves to preserve unity in a divided church ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers homily on the third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday, meaning the Sunday of Joy ...