In his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful to “bear witness to our joyful faith in Jesus the Savior” in a world where “a lack of faith is often ...

“When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,’” said Ricard, a New Orleans Catholic priest with a Creole background. “And that ...

Father Adrian Porras, who has served as priest at St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Arden for 17 years, shared his thoughts on the choice of an American to be pope. “The United States has so much ...

A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists. This component, referred to as “broader impacts” by the National Science ...

With the announcement "Extra omnes" -- "all out" -- the doors have been closed and the cardinals sequestered to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church. They will vote, confer, pray and vote ...

LIMA, Peru — In his first address as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV offered a special greeting to the Diocese of Chiclayo in northern Peru, where he once served as a missionary and ...

The riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than 1% of the population of Japan. Today, 80 years later, Catholics are less than 1% of ...

The death of Pope Francis and the ensuing attention on the Catholic Church – with a real-life secretive conclave, not just a Hollywood movie version – comes amid a bit of good news for ...

This week begins the search for the next head of the Catholic Church known as the Conclave. Social media has been a buzz as Cardinals all over the world have gathered to begin this sacred ritual to ...

Big changes are coming to the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference and Chicago Catholic League, with eight schools joining the GCAC and nine joining the Catholic League for the 2026-27 season.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a firestorm of criticism from leaders of the Roman Catholic Church after posting on social media a computer-generated image of himself as pope in full papal ...