From our earliest days, we are taught words matter. Our parents instruct us not to call people names, say rude things, or ...

NEW: The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is the most prominent proponent of a new Catholicism aligned with far-right politics. The ...

The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

We are all curious to see how Pope Leo XIV will engage with the Trump administration. The Chicago Archdiocese’s upcoming celebration of the pope, an American-Peruvian dual citizen, stands in contrast ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Orthodox Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, a bishop of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, during a ...

Experts from 18 European Union countries gathered June 3–5 to reflect on communication that “restores meaning” to people’s ...

"Where there is love, there is no room for prejudice, for 'security' zones separating us from our neighbors, for exclusionary ...

In a world marked by wars and where people are disconnected and numb with indifference, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy ...