Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

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,’ ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the first African American cardinal and former Atlanta archbishop, shares his experience in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

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

Pope Leo XIV “is the man the church and the world need right now” and his greatest challenge, “the one he’ll carry most in ...

As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies ...

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

A group of young Catholics attend Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. The members of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Nicaraguan-born Father Pedro Bismarck Chau as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New ...

We love it when when characters from an entirely different show pop up, like "X-Files" agents Mulder and Scully on a classic ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, an American and a global citizen, can be a strong advocate for the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of conscience.