The black hybrid, custom 2026 Ford Explorer Platinum was built at the Chicago Assembly Plant just five miles from the pope’s ...

CEO Jim Farley took a drive with the pope to demonstrate some advanced features, including unique nods to the Vatican and the ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he speaks to visitors during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 4, 2026.

Lord, enlighten the leaders of the nations, so they may have the courage to abandon projects of death, halt the arms race, ...

Here are key things to know ahead of the Pope’s trip to Equatorial Guinea, which will be part of his 2026 visit to Africa. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo greets members of the Episcopal ...

Pope Leo XIV convened a closed-door meeting with the Diocese of Rome to discuss a litany of ecclesiastical matters at the beginning of Lent, during which he entreated priests to "resist the temptation ...

The Vatican has announced a packed early-2026 travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV, with trips to Monaco, Spain, and four African ...

“Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot ...

Born in 1916 and ordained in 1950, Father Bruno Kant of Germany turned 110 on Feb. 26 and has been a priest for 76 years. ‘Prayer keeps me young,’ he said.