The Vatican

Diane Foley was one of the featured speakers at a special Vatican vigil service in St. Peter’s Basilica on the eve of a Holy Year event honoring all those who suffer.

Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in 2006, has two miracles attributed to him.

Several LGBTQ groups participated in the pilgrimage to the Vatican for the Jubilee Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of Catholicism.

Leo displayed his fluency in speaking to the kids in Spanish, Italian and English about the dangers of social media, the value of true friendship and the need to have courage to make radical choices like marriage or religious vows.

The priest was accused of striking a homeless man with an ax and setting him on fire.

The Israeli shelling that blasted through that sanctuary drew an unusually direct response from both the U.S. and the Vatican.

Art historians and clergy are highlighting the connections between religious belief and Caravaggio's "chiaroscuro."

During the Mass, attended by JD Vance, Marco Rubio and an estimated 200,000 people, Leo offered a vision of the Catholic Church that embraces differences and opposes economic exploitation.

The pope’s great-great-grandmother Celeste Lemelle was a free woman of color from a Creole family that made its wealth from cattle ranching.

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from around the world.