(RNS) — It was a moment we had been told never to expect: An American cardinal, Robert Prevost, stepped onto the balcony of ...

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

Nearly a decade earlier, Answers in Genesis opened a Creation Museum in nearby Petersburg, Kentucky, where exhibits similarly ...

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Were Princess Charlene, Queen Letizia, Queen Mathilde and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa allowed to wear white at Pope Leo XIV's ...

That the head of the Catholic Church is as American as baseball proves that ancient prejudices can be conquered and rifts ...

America’s first pope, Leo XIV, is already reshaping Vatican priorities. But can he unite tradition and reform in a church ...

Pope Leo XIV has stepped into the position of leader of the Catholic Church at a time when the church in the United States is in transition.

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's ...

Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at his inaugural ...

Pope Leo XIV laid out his priorities for his papacy on Sunday criticising an economic system that exploits nature and the ...