Pope Leo XIV, leader the Catholic Church, has a family tree full of surprises, including pop royalty like Justin Bieber and Madonna, and major political figures.

The pontiff is also related to other celebrities like Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Our Church needs unity and a capacity to grow in missionary zeal. When traditional means are proving effective, we should ...

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a fundraising video centred on newly elected Pope Leo, urging the faithful to support his ...

We can offer our own form of papal indulgence for Pope Leo's baseball inclinations. Under church teaching, this is a personal ...

The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV is related to the pop singer Madonna, according to research that reveals the first American pontiff has family ties to a string of famous names. The Pope and the Like a Prayer star share ...

The new pope is making the potential threat of artificial intelligence to humanity a signature issue—but Silicon Valley is ...

The call to the vocation of a hermit is a rare one, but a call that is very much alive in the Catholic Church. One diocesan ...

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house ...

This week, something historic is unfolding for the Diocese of Phoenix.  Eight young adults and four mentors have embarked on ...