The new uniform is one of several outfits the guards wear. The most famous is the “Gala Uniform,” which despite popular legend was not designed by Michelangelo. Rather, it was designed by Commander ...

Pope Leo XIV sits next to Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, as he poses for a photo with participants attending a conference on the ecumenical implications of ...

Lucy Hole travelled to Rome for the Precentor’s Network annual conference, which included an audience with the Pope at the Vatican.

The 135 Swiss Guards will don the new uniforms for the first time at a dinner the night before the Oct. 4 ceremony to swear in this year’s recruits.

The address comes 10 years after his predecessor’s groundbreaking statement on global warming. His words will be watched for signals on the direction of the new papacy.

Charles Warner will be among 20 seminarians who will be ordained during the ceremony Thursday, Oct. 2, Diocese of Saginaw officials said.

Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 2 said a “culture of reconciliation” is necessary to support more than 100 million people affected by migration and displacement across the world.

"In the face of this deepening crisis, how do we dare raise hope? Our answer is this: We do it together," said Yeb Sano, board director for the Laudato Si' Movement.

Italian lawmakers say they will recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas releases Israeli hostages and is kept out of any eventual government.