VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

How Pope Leo XIV will end the Catholic Church’s ‘age of arbitrariness’ By Julia Yost Published May 17, 2025, 8:00 a.m. ET ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy. Tradition was treated as baggage, and doctrine was left to the ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis. Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for a conclave.

How Pope Francis Changed The Catholic Church Upon his election, Pope Francis ' mandate was seen as revamping the Church, demonstrating that it could be a dynamic institution capable of adapting to ...

Nick Hagen for The New York Times An independent Catholic media ecosystem in the United States was unrelenting, depicting Pope Francis as undermining the church, or even as an apostate.

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the conclave, a gathering of cardinals, chooses the next pope 15 to 20 days after the vacancy.

While all Jesuit schools and universities are Catholic, the reverse is not true. According to Xavier University, Jesuit schools are run by the Society of Jesus and focus on Jesuit education values.

In the 1960s, most Catholic school teachers were members of religious orders. Now, many schools have one or two, or no nuns at all.

Catholic Charities Dallas recorded $188 million in revenues from 2021 to 2024, compared with just $64 million over the previous four years. Similarly, Catholic Charities San Diego saw its local ...