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

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

The Lexington Diocese's implementation of Laudato Si' is "one of the most comprehensive and inspiring examples of ecclesial ...

AND no one else, not even Leo himself. But Vatican watchers, prelates, priests and press, even prophecy followers, are making ...

A U.S. bishop who has ... Over the long term, the church needs to return to its evangelical mission, to be a witness. "Public argument is important," he said. "And what the Holy Father taught ...

Pope Leo XIV persuaded the Arizona clergyman to return from his retirement as urgent appointments were being made earlier ...

Leo is the first native English speaker to ascend the throne of Peter in nearly 900 years, after Adrian IV in the 12th ...

A great concourse in Westminster Abbey cried “God save the Queen” as they watched the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey ...

The Chicago Diocese will hold a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Election of Pope Leo XIV on Friday at 8 a.m. at the Holy Name Cathedral, which will be led by Bishop Lawrence J. Sullivan, vicar ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its ...

A POPE FOR EVERYONE — In the first days of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has taken considerable pains to present himself as a unifier for a Catholic Church internally divided over key liturgical and ...

CT Catholic leaders said they were not expecting the decision to come so soon, but that Pope Leo XIV is level-headed and well-qualified.