We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost has led some two dozen public events but not made notable appointments, nor announced ...

Approximately 5,000 staff working for the Roman Curia and state institutions — such as the Vatican Museums, the Vatican ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

Muslims in the pontiff's native city want to see Francis’ social justice approach to Christian-Muslim relations continue.

Elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993, this sacred Ugandan landmark has become a global pilgrimage ...

Tickets for a celebration honoring Pope Leo XIV at Chicago’s Rate Field next month will go on sale soon. According to the ...