Cuba said this week that it was releasing 553 prisoners “in the spirit of" Francis' 2025 Holy Year and had informed the pope of its decision ahead of time. The move came a day after the Biden ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Cubans appreciated the importance of the official visit of Monsignor Paul Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, and the country's high ...

In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

By Edoardo Giribaldi During a Mass at the Cathedral of Havana marking the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between ...

In celebration of the 90th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Holy See and Cuba, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, ...

Parishioners attend a Mass honoring the start of Pope Leo XIV's papacy, by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for ...