For centuries, papal elections were also diplomatic wrangles, with the great city-states of Italy (Milan, Florence and Naples) and then the great powers of Europe (Spain, France and the Holy Roman ...

Pope Leo XIV will receive a wide range of gifts and benefits during his inauguration in Vatican City this Sunday ...

JD Vance is attending Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with ...

I’m not a religious person. Catholic schools, and my mom’s reliance on Catholicism as a surrogate for normal things like ...

ANALYSIS: They share a love for St. Augustine but diverge on politics, immigration and AI. The conversation between Leo XIV and JD Vance is just beginning.

Around quarter of a million people are expected to pack into St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday to watch the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the world's first US pope, plans to meet with US Vice President JD Vance, a converted Catholic, on Sunday, when ...

Pope Leo will be formally inaugurated as the next Pope on May 18, and the 69-year-old American, born in Chicago, Illinois, ...

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be ...

Showing up in Rome is pragmatic statecraft, executed under Bernini’s colonnade, where religious and political figures have ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the May 18 inaugural ...

United States Vice President JD Vance will travel to Rome for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass on Sunday. Vance, who's formally leading the U.S. delegation, will be accompanied by second lady Usha Vance, ...