After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) on Thursday of last week, in what was ...

Leo’s elevation broke the longstanding rule of thumb that no American, as a citizen of a superpower, could or even should ...

Fitzgerald, who spent his career in real estate private equity, said American donors — especially the younger generation — ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus tells Peter, “When you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but ...

Even when it seems we are able to do little in life, it is always worthwhile. There is always the possibility to find meaning ...

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

I traveled to Rome to accept an award for my recently published novel, The Accidental Jesus. The event would cap this year’s ...

Pope Leo, the new head of the Catholic Church, takes responsibility not just for 1.4 billion souls, but also for a complex ...

Pope Francis died during the run-up to the 10th anniversary of his signing the groundbreaking, earthmoving papal encyclical ...

Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo’s past record of handling ...