A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

Qualities of humility, clarity and servant leadership are early signs that Pope Leo is charting a unifying path.

Happily, Pope Leo looks set to follow the lead of his predecessor: offering respect to other faiths (even to atheists); elevating women’s roles in the church; denouncing war and the Gaza catastrophe; ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's ...

The Pope is not merely a spiritual shepherd to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics; he is also a political figure whose influence radiates beyond the Vatican's walls. Throughout history, the papacy has ...

The disruptive impact of artificial intelligence poses moral, ethical and spiritual questions. The new pope says the world’s ...

Female Catholic leaders say changes initiated by ... ranking position ever held by a woman in the Catholic Church -- McElwee said these changes didn't go far enough. "He started to change a ...

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 ...

Over the past 60 years, dialogue turned to action for the common good and the sake of deep and trusting friendship between ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV could continue in his predecessor's footprints as the steward of the environment of the ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...