As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church is that of continuing to address the clergy ...

Leo is an avid tennis player and fan and had said earlier this week that he would be up for a charity match when it was ...

There is a new Pope in town, which means a new era for the Catholic Church. In his first address as Pope, Leo XIV emphasized ...

The Pope’s factual anthropological roots are not just symbolic. According to genealogist Jari Honora, his maternal lineage ...

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his unwavering commitment to efforts aimed at achieving world peace. The Holy See is offering its ...

US Catholicism knows Jews well, and that familiarity may pave the way for the new pope to improve Jewish-Catholic relations, ...

Thanks to close-ups of his face, I was struck by the emotions he was keeping in check. Hearing the cheers of more than 100,000 people in the square below him, and at the same time knowing what an ...

Editor and Publisher Dan Evans talks about how the Napa Valley Register localized the announcement about the new (American) ...

The queer Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV’s ministry does not witness the absence of ecclesiastical embrace, of the kind they had grown to be used under Pope Francis’ pontificate ...

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

The contrast with Leo’s predecessor is striking. Pope Francis collaborated closely with Argentine Jews during his years as a ...