Before, he spoke in front of St Peter's basilica to offer Christmas wishes and thank those who had come to follow the mass on outdoor screens despite rainy weather ...

I’ve struggled to find words that neatly capture this year in faith and religion reporting. Tragedy has loomed large this year, from Charlie Kirk’s assassination to the Michigan church shooting and ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff, as Christians flocked to Bethlehem after "two years of ...

Coverage of Pope Leo's Christmas Eve mass begins on Wednesday, December 24, at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The event will run for ...

As the Vatican prepares for Pope Leo’s first Christmas since his election, its Christmas Nativity scenes go beyond tradition.

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of ...

Since becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church this year, Pope Leo has become a remarkable breath of fresh air in countering the forces of hate and bigotry.

"Where there is room for the human person, there is room for God," the pope said in his homily on Dec. 24 in St. Peter's ...

Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, Slovakia, found a special gift under the Christmas tree: a new “cathedra,” a wooden bench ...

Pope Leo made an appeal for "one full day of peace throughout the world" in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in ...

As the Vatican prepares for Pope Leo’s first Christmas since his election, its Christmas Nativity scenes go beyond tradition.