If his early decisions are any indication, it is likely that Pope Leo XIV will continue Pope Francis’s reforms not only on ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Jeanne Ory is shy by nature. So, a few weeks ago, when she heard her name announced at Mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first North American pontiff appointed to lead the Catholic Church. As a native Chicagoan, he's been ...

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

no women priests, bishops, cardinals are allowed, and so mother church, as they like to call it, is not a mother, it’s a patriarchal, hierarchal institution that discriminates against women.