The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...

During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884 to, among other issues ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, a Chicago native, was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church on May 8. He will ...

Habemus Papam.” “I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope.” On Thursday, May 8, 2025 with that famous Latin formula, the ...

The new pope had a close relationship with Francis, whose legacy looms large. A key inspiration for that legacy, however, is the witness of Latin American Christians whose blood has been shed for ...

Louis Prevost, one of Pope Leo XIV’s two older brothers, lives 70 miles south of Tampa, in Port Charlotte.

In interviews in the run-up to the conclave, I steered clear of making predictions in order to focus on the process: what the ...

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Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

While the church will not be involved in political discussions, it "can't be silent" and needs to speak out and advocate for ...

While it is interesting and perhaps a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of the U.S ...

As the Trump administration dismantles climate action and cuts funding to Indigenous peoples around the world — and far-right ...