Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, was reinstated at the Vatican, a Spanish report says.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel's leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted Pope Leo following an Israeli attack on Gaza's only Catholic church. The pope urged a ceasefire and emphasized the need to safeguard worship sites amid escalating tensions.

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of becoming Pope Leo XIV.

Following extensive restorations, the Vatican Museums is opening the largest of the Raphael Rooms to the public. Located in the Apostolic Palace, the pope’s official residence, the rooms were painted by the Renaissance master and his students in the early 1500s.

Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV said.

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The Vatican said more than 180 participated in the fifth informal meeting in Rome on Monday. A smaller group of 135, known as the College of Cardinals, is eligible to elect a new pope.

The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and roles to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns. But none apply when he's sick.

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital chapel.

A mysterious 12th-century Vatican prophecy by Saint Malachy predicts each pope—ending with “Peter the Roman,” who may oversee Rome's fall. Fact or forgery, it still fuels debate and apocalyptic intrigue.