Regarding the article “Western Pa. Catholics anticipate papal conclave to usher in new era” (May 8, TribLive): It was not Pope Francis who “opened the way” for women and girls to serve as readers and ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

I have been thrilled by the world’s attention to the Conclave and the election of the first American pope, Leo XIV. This ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Father Renzo Pegoraro, a bioethicist who earned a medical degree before entering the seminary, to be ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

On Monday the Pontifical Academy for Life announced that after the at times tumultuous tenure of its previous leadership, ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington will host a Pilgrimage and Celebration of the Holy Jubilee 2025 on Saturday, May ...

A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to the beloved saint known as Padre ...

IN the grand narrative of our nation's struggle for justice, democracy and identity, there are heroes whose names have faded ...

I made a documentary for the BBC which asked if Christianity had any future in Britain. The answer was yes but that it would ...