Pope Francis

Christopher White, associate director for strategic initiatives and senior fellow of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University talks about his book, "Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy".

Christopher White, associate director for strategic initiatives and senior fellow of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University talks about his book, "Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy".

At a Mass held Monday in Syracuse, Bishop Douglas Lucia urged members of the Roman Catholic community to pray for the pope.

President Biden's meeting at the Vatican with the pope is one of several gatherings scheduled with global leaders over the next week.

The pope spoke about a report released Tuesday that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures dating back to 1950.

The world's most prominent Christian leaders issued a rare joint statement calling for government climate action. What that will look like in the U.S. is unclear.

The first major revision of Catholic canon law in nearly four decades redefines clerical sex abuse and mandates specific punishments. It also sets punishments for the attempted ordination of women.

The new rules are also aimed at shutting down the churches "envelope" culture — requiring a limit on the value of gifts that cardinals and managers can receive.

"The presence in such relationships of positive elements ... cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing," the Vatican said Monday.