Spiritual authority is sacred. It is earned not through election or popularity but through service, sacrifice and deep ...

Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

The Diocese of Sioux City has ordained its eighth bishop in its 123-year history. Bishop John Keehner was ordained during a service steeped in tradition inside the Cathedral of the Epiphany, Thursday ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided over the Catholic ...

Francis' "no" to women's ordination is not just the exclusion of women from a Church role. It is an insupportable and blatant ...

Following Pope Francis's passing, the Vatican is abuzz as cardinals gather to elect his successor. The conclave, a secretive ...

Recent video footage of aid trucks emblazoned with flashing red lights and international symbols of humanitarian ... Secretary-General with the UN aid co-ordination office, said that 2024 was ...

Francis was known for his personal simplicity, from the choice of his name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who renounced wealth to help the poor, to the outward symbols and priorities ...

Since his election in 2013, Francis never challenged official doctrine on female ordination or leadership ... casting them as symbols of purity and intuition rather than leaders with agency.

Francis' "no" to women's ordination is not just the exclusion ... t-shirt and other antisemitic words and symbols. As is typical of Trump, he selectively punishes those whom he claims are ...

Robert Francis Prevost has become the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old ...