Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik said Thursday he was in shock when the new pope was announced. Cardinal ...

I only knew my mother-in-law for a short time, but she gave me three gifts: a husband, a prayer and a mother-in-law hack.

More than a century ago, Pope Leo XIII issued Rerum Novarum , the Church’s groundbreaking endorsement of workers’ rights.

President Donald Trump has been accused of making a "glaring error" in his statement congratulating the new pope. With the ...

René Girard is best known for his theory of ‘mimetic desire’. Now Peter Thiel and the vice-president are among his fans ...

Robert Prevost, born in Chicago but having spent most of his adult life in Peru and Italy rather than stateside, is now Pope ...

Ahead of Mother’s Day and the Bears Care Gala, the Bears are honoring Virginia Halas McCaskey, who passed on February 6 at ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

Pope Leo XIV will greet the crowd from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Sunday, leading a prayer to the Virgin Mary in ...

In his address he signalled he would keep the Catholic Church on the path his close friend Francis was paving, one taking the church to as many people as possible. "Allow me to continue that same ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...