Pope Leo XIV changed a Vatican law to allow women and non-cardinals to lead the Vatican City administration. Francis appointed a woman in November.

The development comes months after Pope Francis appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini, a 56-year-old Italian nun, as the first ...

Pope Leo XIV has fixed a technical glitch in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever ...

The BBC has commissioned the hour-long documentary special Secrets of the Conclave from Fremantle’s Wag Entertainment and ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed a group of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig, Chris Pine, Viggo Mortensen and more, to the Vatican Saturday as part of a larger celebration ...

All those present in the audience in the Vatican's apostolic palace met Leo personally at the end, with Lee presenting the ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a centuries-old tradition shrouded in secrecy: the papal conclave. Two weeks later 133 ...

It's a field trip a group of Chicago students likely won't forget - ever. You may remember these kids from a Good News story last week when they were heading to Rome. Wednesday, they not only got to ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV met Monday with Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, a conservative lightning rod whose participation in pre-conclave meetings earlier this year became a source of global ...

Some kids from Chicago are hoping to meet the Pope next week. You may remember these kids from a Good News story we did this past spring about the mock conclave they held inside their classroom. Well, ...

How does a fanpage for the 2024 film “Conclave” become a source of real-life Catholic news, memes and discourse with over 100,000 followers on X? I became determined to find that out after the ...

At first, it spoofed celebrity culture accounts by covering the 2024 film Conclave with memes and fan art. But when Pope Francis died in April 2025, the account pivoted to real-time coverage of the ...