For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission established to encourage donations to the Vatican, the Vatican said ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families. The Vatican ...

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

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

ANALYSIS: By reshaping competencies, tightening accountability and institutionalizing consultation, the new regulations ...

What looks like a tiny dot on the map turns out to be one of the most remarkable places in Europe, where centuries of faith and culture sit side by side ...

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