New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act holds the largest, most profitable global fossil fuel companies accountable for the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pope who belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine, whose principles, priests say, offer a window ...

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Leo XIV’s pontificate will likely be defined by his approach to the violent conflicts rending the globe, which his ...