As MAGA personalities rage at the newly elected pope’s criticisms of Trump and JD Vance, a political theorist raised in the church explains why MAGA and Trumpism are contrary to Catholic teaching.

Pope Leo XIV became the leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, becoming the first pope to ever have been born in the United States. Here’s what you need to know. Here's what Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first public remarks since taking over as leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Catholic Transcript traces its roots back to 1829 when the first weekly Catholic newspaper appeared in Connecticut, The Catholic Press. In 1896, Bishop Michael Tierney recognized the need for the ...

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘The Catholic Church after Pope Francis’. Marc Filippino Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, April ...

Molly Cahill: Women deacons.They are the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church. So much so, that Pope Francis established multiple Vatican commissions to study them.

During the 20-minute speech, Butker, who is Catholic himself, said he intended to say the "difficult stuff out loud." In his own words, he has "gained quite the reputation for speaking my mind." ...

A popular syndicated column by a theologian who has long nettled conservative Catholics is being discontinued by The Catholic Transcript, the Archdiocese of Hartford’s official periodical. The ...

Faced with declining circulation and revenue, The Catholic Transcript of the Archdiocese of Hartford will shift from weekly to monthly publication.The Rev. Christopher Tiano, who recently became ...

In a 2017 meeting, church leaders discussed the politics of reconciliation. When Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the longtime leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, introduced the ...

Men and women in traditional African dress sing during the closing Mass of the African National Eucharistic Congress in Bethesda, Md., Aug. 5, 2012. November is Black Catholic History Month ...