Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Father James Power, pastor of St. Joseph Church and St. Anthony of Padua, both Roman Catholic parishes in Sharon, talks while ...

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians ...

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

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When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

St. Augustine was an early Catholic bishop, theologian, and doctor of the Church whose ideas and writings shaped Catholic ...

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...