Pope Francis’ death in April was potentially the most impactful around the world in 2025. However, he was far from the only ...

As he gears up for his first Christmas as leader of the world's Catholics, Pope Leo XIV is starting to show more noticeable ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Ill., replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ...

Pope Francis wasn’t perfect — but compared to the men who came before him, he looked like a spiritual Che Guevara. He condemned unfettered capitalism, challenged wealth inequality, opened the door ...

The Vatican has unveiled its Nativity scene and lit the towering Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. A band and chorus from ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

COMMENTARY: Here are 12 of the many things for which the Church in New York and beyond should be grateful to the departing ...

In new document, the Pope says archaeology not only provides historical data but also allows theology to remain rooted in the ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are ...