Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy.

The new pope has been expected to run the Vatican in a different way than his predecessor. And Pope Leo XIV is now meeting that expectation with the Catholic Church’s finances, as he rolls back some ...

In a new book about Pope Leo XIV published first in Peru, the US-born pontiff told the author he share his predecessor's desire to welcome everyone to the Catholic ...