The election of Pope Leo XIV marks a turning point for American Catholicism and global Christianity, reshaping political, ...

While millions are leaving the organized Christian faiths, they’re not abandoning spirituality. Instead, they’re seeking ...

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV will be a gift to the world. Jews should affirm that.

The early Christians took the cross as their symbol, too, but as a symbol for compassion, grace and self-sacrificial love. Christianity is built on a series of inversions that make paganism look ...

“It felt like a watershed moment, a breakthrough after decades of hard-won fights by people who had been campaigning for this ...

The suspense builds up as the world awaits the new pope. Cardinals from 90 countries cast their votes in the same manner, relatively unchanged for nearly 800 years.

Nwaohia in his shrine surrounded by effigies and symbols representing supernatural beings [Chibuike ... Worshippers can face severe discrimination, with beliefs branded “pagan”, “demonic” or ...

Doug Wilson has built a theocratic regime in Moscow, Idaho, where men rule and biblical teachings guide everything. Now he’s taking the model national, with a receptive crowd in the GOP.

I never thought I’d live to see an American pope. And yet, here we are: Pope Leo, a humble son of Chicago, a scholar steeped ...