CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

Reported Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass - The leak, if confirmed, could place ...

Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo the Great taught the church “to believe in Christ, true God and true Man, and to implement this faith every day in action for peace and love of neighbor.” St. Leo II ...

The matter didn't come up again during Benedict's time as pope because he ended up stepping down from the papacy due to poor health in 2013, making him the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign ...

Commentary: Pope Francis changed no Catholic doctrine, but he still was revolutionary He heartened and disappointed liberals. He frightened and angered conservatives. But ordinary Catholics loved him.

Basilica of Saint Mary Pope Francis on his final resting place: “The Vatican is my last service, not my eternity” The Pope wanted his farewell to be simple, true to his personality and ...

Pope Francis took up his role in 2013, following Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation on February 28 of the same year. He was elected Benedict’s successor on March 13 after a papal conclave, in honour of ...

Near the end of last year, The B.C. Catholic began a series of articles examining over a century of truth, healing and reconciliation between the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Canada’s Indigenous ...

Moreover, this perspective leads to a disparagement of the created order itself, manifested in the exploitation of the earth about which Pope Francis—and before him Pope Benedict XVI—warned us.

Pope Benedict XVI holds the Blessed Sacrament during a vigil on the eve of the World Youth Day Mass at the Marienfeld on Aug. 20, 2005, in Cologne, Germany.

Geoff Bennett: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was celebrated today at a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square, with his successor, Pope Francis, presiding.