Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

It has been nearly a month since Pope Leo XIV was elected head of the Catholic Church, and he has already been leaving an ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago will celebrate the election of one of its own as leader of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a divided church.

(RNS) — Pope Francis raised the consciousness of bishops, priests and laity around the issues of sexism and unjust discrimination against women in the Catholic Church. (RNS) — Pope Francis ...

the Catholic Church is not known for welcoming change, and Francis faced resistance to his more progressive positions on social issues. Among the key questions in the vote for the next pope will ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...