As Pope Leo begins his new leadership role, he faces some criticism about past ministry. The leader of a group representing ...

Kindergartners would be taught to count to 100 and learn the concepts of virtue and sin. Seventh-graders would be taught about ratios and “God’s work in history.” High-schoolers would be required to ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first mass as pontiff on Friday. During the intimate service inside the Sistine Chapel, the pope called on his fellow cardinals to support him in his new mission as leader ...

The synod-based transformation of the church that will influence the conclave could become a test of the integrity of 21st ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has been selected to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

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 ...

The passing of Pope Francis has prompted many Catholics (including non-churchgoing ones like me) to reflect upon their faith ...

The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

But when the blessing of water takes place outside Mass, the rite given here may be used by the priest or deacon. While maintaining the structure and chief elements of the rite, the celebrant ...