Pope Leo has named Mexican media executive Maria Montserrat Alvarado as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, making her the first laywoman to lead a Roman Catholic Church dicastery.

The Vatican announced that the first U.S. pope, elected in May 2025, will make a notable visit to Paris to tour the headquarters of the United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO.

DNA analysis has revealed that two children buried together in an Anglo-Saxon grave at Cherington, Gloucestershire, were brother and sister.

Pope Leo XIV held his inaugural meeting with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Thursday, during which the Vatican stated they addressed the "urgent need" to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV’s long-awaited first apostolic trip will take him to Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2, continuing the plans that were already on the agenda of the late Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV has reversed some of Pope Francis's more controversial financial reforms, including canceling a law that had centralized financial power within the Vatican Bank.

Iconic singer Connie Francis, best known for her viral song “Pretty Little Baby,” has died at age 87.

On Saturday (May 10), Pope Leo XIV outlined the vision for his papacy, highlighting artificial intelligence as one of the most pressing issues confronting humanity.

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost on his election as the new pope on Thursday, who has taken the papal name Leo XIV.

Black smoke rose once again from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals participating in the papal conclave have not yet selected a successor to Pope Francis.