"God is not afraid of new things! That is why he is continually surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways." So declared Pope Francis in October 2014, just over a ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who "ridicule those who speak of global warming," as he strongly embraced Pope Francis' environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his ...

Yet, that does not mean his challenges were not plentiful. The new Pope is left with a complicated church to contend with. Here are some of the challenges that Leo will face as he takes up the mantle ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrea Mattei, holding a cross, arrives with other members of the LGBTQ community to attend a service in the Church of the Gesù in ...

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days before a planned Holy Year pilgrimage of ...

The Church of the Gesù in central Rome was packed, as a procession with a cross in rainbow colors moved up the central aisle. The service marked the first officially recognized pilgrimage of LGBTQ ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome ...