In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

The red-covered Pontifical Yearbook — known in Italian as the “Annuario Pontificio” — is an important reference updated every ...

Pope Leo credits a 17th-century monk’s simple spiritual wisdom as key to his outlook, offering a quiet contrast to his ...

Pope Leo may not be God’s gift to media ratings and computer clicks. When asked for a book to explain the perspective of the ...

During his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the international stage and into the ...

If you clicked on a Wikipedia article this year, you contributed to the estimated 2.4 billion hours spent reading ...

Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched ...

Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since his election and one on which he’s expected to emphasize key themes of his fledgling pontificate – ...

LINCOLN – Mo Guernon of Lincoln said he can still remember when he saw Albino Luciani, better known as Pope John Paul I, emerge from St. Peter’s Basilica for the very first time. “It was August 1978, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at UN climate ...

Last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a “special message” on immigration that was an unmistakable rebuke of the Trump administration and its cruel and punitive immigration ...