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 ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

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

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ...

The pope is, for a majority of U.S. Catholics, equally important in their connection to the Church as their local priest and ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

The name Leo means “lion” in Latin, signaling bravery and strength. In the Catholic legacy, it also calls back to the first ...