COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.

In the 10 years since Pope Francis released Laudato Si', dioceses across the United States have responded to varying degrees ...

Despite widespread food insecurity, federal nutrition programs are under threat. The Catholic Church must step up its ...

Meeting his former colleagues and co-workers, Pope Leo XIV underlined the important role Vatican employees play in his ...

Happily, Pope Leo looks set to follow the lead of his predecessor: offering respect to other faiths (even to atheists); elevating women’s roles in the church; denouncing war and the Gaza catastrophe; ...

A striking corrective to the traditional Catholic view that the Pope is the rock on which the church is built is contained in Leo XIV’s sermon at his Inauguration Mass, last week. The sermon appears ...

The 133 cardinal electors sequestered in the Sistine Chapel elected a new pope May 8. The choice was a surprise — ...

Israeli strikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip Wednesday, killing at least 82 people, including several women and a ...

During her life, her Christ Universal Temple was the largest church congregation in Chicago and the largest church in the world headed by a Black woman.

Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88 after 12 years at the head of the global Catholic Church. Francis will ... St. Peter's Basilica to impart the traditional Easter blessing, but also ...

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