THE hope and dream of the late pope Francis was to reform the Catholic Church and make it a synodal church at every level, where everyone — laypeople, priests and bishops — are considered equal before ...

The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings ...

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to US residents broadly in a politically divided -- and ...

Azerbaijan’s hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the ...

Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles ...

The novena began Aug. 6 and concludes Aug. 14, the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest executed in Auschwitz ...

There’s a category of Catholics in the United States who are often underserved, and one Catholic ministry is trying to remedy ...

The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Albano, Italy, on Sunday, Aug. 17, to ...

Signs suggest that Pope Leo XIV may replace Denver's ultra-conservative archbishop with a socially liberal Catholic leader, ...

The bishops' conference of the Philippines publicly committed to withdraw its finances no later than 2025 from banks with no clear policies for fossil fuel divestment. They have not yet followed ...

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for worker rights and environmental sustainability has influenced business ...

Yaron Sideman, the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, says urgent international action is needed to pressure Hamas to ...