Queen Camilla made a statement in a black dress and veil to meet Pope Leo, but other queens are given special permission to wear white around the pontiff. All about "il privilegio del bianco."

Wants AI to create a "more authentically just and human global society", but not impressed with what he's seen so far.

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square after celebrating Mass for the conclusion of the Jubilee of Sport in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 15, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Shortly after the ...

The canonizations, previously approved by the late Pope Francis, will be presided over by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 19 at the Vatican. The group includes three women and four men, with two martyrs, three laypeople, and two founders of religious orders. Among them are Papua New Guinea’s first saint and the first two saints from Venezuela.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decided to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on the deeply influential 19th century Anglican convert who remains a unifying figure among ...

Yesterday, King Charles and Queen Camilla made their way from Buckingham Palace to Rome, to pay a visit to Pope Leo XIV, who took the reins of the Catholic Church back in May. And while a meeting between the British royals and the Vatican is not entirely unexpected, their day-long series of events did include a surprising modern-day first.

Pope Leo XIV showed he would continue Pope Francis’s policy of welcoming the LGBT community to the Catholic Church. The Louvre reopens 3 days after thieves took French crown jewels in daylight heist North Korea fires ballistic missiles less than two ...