Louis Prevost’s Facebook posts — no longer publicly viewable — suggest that he has embraced some of the most common ...

Such a demanding job can be good for the brain and body. But Pope Leo XIV may also have to contend with challenges that are ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

In 2024, there were roughly 35,000 nuns in the United States, an 80% decrease from 1965, when there were about 175,000.

In these days of Easter season, we hear lovely readings about Jesus the Good Shepherd. We can imagine bucolic settings of ...

At least two people were injured and three juveniles were arrested Saturday night after a crowd of over 400 descended upon ...

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay whose unpretentious style and progressive reforms earned him ...

Americans have been looking out for any indications on how the new pontiff will lead the 1.4 billion people making up the global Catholic Church.

(RNS) — People keep asking me, “Is the new pope liberal or conservative?” The question itself betrays our culture’s tendency ...

In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV will be a gift to the world. Jews should affirm that.