Whatever the reason, Pope Leo, who was born and raised in Chicago, has been very reluctant during these early months of his ...

The claim was rooted in a real event — in June 2025, San Diego priests attended immigration court to support migrants on ...

NCR readers respond to stories about women in the church, a new bishop and the USCCB's reaction to the Trump presidency.

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

Moral theologian highlights risks to EWTN News this week, as Pope Leo and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have also ...

The Peruvian government, led by President Dina Boluarte, presented “Leo’s Route” simultaneously from four regions in Peru ...

That approach should please much of his flock. New polling commissioned by The Economist suggests that Catholics are more ...

A new bill in Congress would “safeguard” the U.S. citizenship of any American elected as pope of the Catholic Church and ...

As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to ...

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

The U.N. human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the ...

The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid ...