Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 24. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ...

Rome | Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed in Pope Francis' footsteps and used a Christmas greeting to gently ...

Shortly before Christmas, Pope Francis delivered a speech to Vatican officials in which he decried “conflict” within the Church. It was an odd theme for a pope who routinely sows such conflict.

Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to the throngs of people below, Francis said he grieved the “abominable attack” of Hamas against southern Israel on Oct. 7 and called for the release ...

John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season. Pope Leo XIV stands in front of a Christmas nativity scene at Paul-VI ...

Pope Francis urged those celebrating Christmas around the world to look for Jesus “in the faces of little children” suffering in war-torn and conflict-riven regions from the Middle East to Africa to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 24. The 69-year ...