Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made it possible to advance a new church culture that respected the voice and ...

Many in the Catholic hierarchy tend to identify American clergy as parochial; they will find that Leo goes against type. Given his association with Peru, some in the Vatican even talked about him ...

When Bishop Mykola Bychok was “elevated to the dignity of cardinal” by Pope Francis in December, the eyebrows of Australia’s plugged-in Catholics shot up in surprise. A 40-something ...

In 'Cultural Catholics,' Maureen K. Day works to answer the question of who “cultural Catholics” really are—and how to connect with them.

Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron — have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious liberty ...

(photo: EWTN News / EWTN) Tyler Arnold/CNA World May 5, 2025 Catholic leaders and some members of the Church hierarchy in the United States have criticized President Donald Trump for sharing an AI ...

In fact, those in the Catholic hierarchy appear reticent to mention the AI image at all, despite its social media virality. As of the morning of May 4, only a select few bishops had addressed the ...

“Since I was a child, I have seen the Catholic hierarchy on one side of the current culture war we are in and the priests on another,” says Mr Redmond, describing himself as “more aligned ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its poor and the marginalized. NAIROBI, Kenya ...