Whatever the reason, Pope Leo, who was born and raised in Chicago, has been very reluctant during these early months of his ...

NCR readers respond to stories about women in the church, a new bishop and the USCCB's reaction to the Trump presidency.

That approach should please much of his flock. New polling commissioned by The Economist suggests that Catholics are more ...

As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to ...

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which also has a church in Gaza that previously sustained damage from Israeli ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.

On May 8, however, when Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the great joy that there was a new successor to St. Peter and to Pope Francis, Catholics from the United States had a cause for even ...

Francis, with Pope Leo XIV's help at the help of the bishop vetting office, had embarked on a 12-year project to rein in the traditionalist tendencies in the United States.Pope Leo XIV's election ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ rights.

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.