I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making ...

Over the past 60 years, dialogue turned to action for the common good and the sake of deep and trusting friendship between ...

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.

MORE: Pope Leo XIV live updates While Leo XIV's predecessor Pope Francis made historic strides in appointing women to leadership roles ... ever held by a woman in the Catholic Church -- McElwee said ...