Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis’ limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant ...

A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned ...

Pope Leo XIV has authorised a traditional mass to take place this weekend at the Vatican, lifting restrictions that angered conservatives in his latest attempt to heal splits within the Catholic ...

The debate surrounding the traditional Latin Mass within the Catholic Church has intensified significantly in the early days of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. It follows the alleged leak of Vatican ...

A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass, calling the documents ...

FILE - Nuns stand next to copies of L'Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American ...

Pope Leo XIV can now also wear the number 14 after the first head of the Catholic Church from the United States received a ...

The pontiff urged Catholics and world leaders to assist the poor, marking the Church’s Jubilee of the Poor. The US pope has made social justice a key theme of his papacy, now in its sixth month since ...

As Pope Leo XIV marks his six-month milestone Nov. 8, a gradual sketch of his style and vision of church is beginning to ...

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 23 -- Under new rules being drafted by the Vatican to crack down on "abuses" in the Roman Catholic Mass, altar boys will be given preference over altar girls, who should serve ...

Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis' limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant ...