The 19th-century pope refused to endorse either the capitalists’ wait-and-see promise of progress or the communists’ longing ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ambiguity, continuity by novelty and the teaching Church by the therapeutic ...

"There is so little dialogue around us; shouting often replaces it, in the form of fake news and irrational arguments ...

Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...