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Sarah Mullally Is Enthroned as First Woman Archbishop of Canterbury

Her new role tests her ability to hold a divided global Communion together.

Jerusalem Cancels Palm Sunday Procession as War Disrupts Holy Week

Mullally Nears Canterbury as Plans Finalized for First Woman Archbishop’s Installation

Pope Leo XIV Moves Into Apostolic Palace After Renovation

Pope Leone XIV Moves Into Apostolic Palace Apartment After 13-Year Vacancy

Pope Leo XIV Names UN Envoy Gabriele Caccia as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States

Bishop of Lincoln Arrested on Suspicion of Sexual Assault and Suspended From Ministry

Vatican Confirms Pope Leone XIV’s 2026 Italy Tour, With Lampedusa on July 4 and Rimini Meeting on Aug. 22

Kate and King Charles Share World Cancer Day Messages of Support

Álvarez Cano Takes Helm of Morelia Archdiocese After Pope Accepts Garfias Merlos’s Resignation

Pope León XIV Baptizes 20 Infants in Sistine Chapel in First Baptism as Pope

Pope Leone XIV Closes St. Peter’s Holy Door, Concluding Jubilee 2025 With 33.5 Million Pilgrims

Pope Leo XIV Marks First Christmas With Ceasefire Appeal and Restored Midnight Mass

Ronald Hicks Named New York Archbishop as Cardinal Dolan Steps Down

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace and Nonviolence at Rome’s Immaculate Conception Veneration

Pope Leo XIV Names St. John Henry Newman Doctor of the Church, Co‑Patron of Catholic Education

Chicago 'Conclave Kids' Meet Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter’s Square

Pope Leo Appoints Archbishop Filippo Iannone to Lead Dicastery for Bishops

Pope Names James Checchio Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans

Pope Leo XIV Resumes Papal Summer Retreat at Castel Gandolfo