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

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of ...

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Robert Prevost, Chicago-born missionary, was chosen as the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church, taking on the name Leo ...

The Catholic Church now has its newest pope, after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the 267th pontiff, becoming Pope Leo ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he was introduced by the name Leo XIV. The ...

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes ...

The Catholic Church now has its newest pope, after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the 267th pontiff, becoming Pope Leo XIV.

Marcellus II and his 16th-century predecessor Adrian VI (reigned 1522-1523) are the only popes since 996 to keep their given ...

Pope Gregory XV, elected in 1621, was the last pope to be elected by “spontaneous acclamation” when all the cardinals, ...