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

The death of Pope Francis in April has created a conspicuous space at the top of the Catholic Church's org chart. As someone who's studied negotiation and also served eight years in uniform in ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect a new pope ... changing the church at the level of the family and parish. That trend, he says, will continue. Email us at [email protected].

The pontiff said he would face up to "the questions, concerns and challenges of today’s world" and, in a nod to conservatives ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Mary's Biscillica celebrates the selection of American Robert Prevost as Pope. Diocese of Phoenix Bishop John Dolan says the selection will have a worldwide impact in and outside the church.

Most U.S. Catholics say they rely on the pope and the Church's teachings for difficult moral questions, this is particularly the case for those who call themselves strong Catholics. For most U.S ...

"It looks like Pope Francis brought us together." Father James Martin said these words to me as we embraced at Pope Francis' funeral in Rome on April 26. The priest is surely the most famous ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a good ...

Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted to pay homage to Benedict XV, who led the church during World War I and dedicated himself to healing the rifts of war, and to the 6th century St. Benedict ...