Discover the reaction of Arkansas Catholics to the historic appointment of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope in the ...

Once again, the Vatican demonstrated to all and sundry that what happens in a conclave is known only to those who participate ...

A registered Republican in Illinois, Prevost can walk both sides of the aisle, talking with both progressives and conservatives. Not that he was a compromise candidate. It would have taken more than ...

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

It strikes me as strange that our society strives to mold the Catholic Church in its image – centuries of tradition and deeply held beliefs be damned.

Survivors say the new pontiff must urgently improve on Pope Francis’s complicated legacy by committing to transparency and ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

The Rev. Richard J. McGrath was a longtime leader of Providence Catholic High School, run by the Augustinians, whose Midwest ...

The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...

The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen ...

During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884 to, among other issues ...

Our new pope’s predecessor, Francis, died last month, setting the stage for this particular conclave, which, it turned out, was a relatively easy one, lasting a mere two days (as had the conclave for ...