NCR's 10 most-read news stories of 2025 include coverage of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, massive aid cuts by the ...

Pope Francis, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre and celebrities Gene Hackman and Rob ...

ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries ...

Before Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, there was almost nothing published about his life growing up here. So, we pulled ...

Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 2025 on Wednesday to invite Catholics to look back on the past year ...

On Christmas, let's remember Pope Francis's enduring message, "A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just, ...

Leo presided over a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, giving thanks for the 2025 Holy Year that brought ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Catholics to pray for peace, “first, among nations bloodied by conflict and suffering,” and ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother Alberto Horacio, Jorge himself, brother Oscar Adrian, and sister Marta ...

Days after the Chicago-born pontiff made his first Christmas message, congregants attending Mass at Holy Name Cathedral for ...