I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

The Holy Father is thought to be the first math major to become pope – and math aficionados say it’s about time.

Leo XIII is known as the social justice pope because of encyclical, Rerum Novarum. This “Magna Carta of Social Justice” was ...

From saints and scholars to fearless reformers, these popes didn’t just shape Church history — they shaped my life of faith.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Newly named auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark, a Nicaraguan-born priest, is currently the rector of the ...

Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel, which were the lens through which he viewed the world. We ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.