Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the case.

The Vatican confirmed the appointment of a bishop in China “elected” by local clergy during the sede vacante period after ...

After a 20-year effort, the kayak, along with 61 other artifacts made by Indigenous communities across Canada, is to arrive ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the religious leader of Catholics in the Palestinian territories and Israel, is visiting ...

Women should not be ordained as deacons, a second Vatican study commission has determined, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms and ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (OSV News) — Saying it is possible both to uphold justice and to exercise mercy, Florida’s Catholic bishops ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He decreed that ...

Pope Leo XIV told new ambassadors to the Holy See on Saturday that the Vatican would not be a "silent bystander" to human ...