Catholic liberal arts colleges have turned toward traditional architecture when expanding to accommodate the numbers. Here ...

Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

A leaked draft document on revising liturgical norms in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, has stirred backlash for ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

A leaked draft from Charlotte, North Carolina, Bishop Michael Martin shows the prelate’s far-reaching and highly detailed ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church closed years ago.

As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Leo, the first American and second Latin American pope, celebrated his inaugural Mass at the Vatican after waving to the faithful on the popemobile.

According to the program, the solemn ceremony on May 18 will begin inside St. Peter’s Basilica, before the Altar of Confession ... Jesus Christ and his Church. The Catholic Church’s ...

In terms of important days in the history of the U.S. Catholic church, “this is number one. Zsofia and Miklos Biro had just wandered into St. Peter ... the balcony while Benedict wore a ...

He would go anywhere,” said Melody Hughes, a parishioner at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Richmond, where Father Kauffmann served as pastor from 1999 until 2014. Father Kauffmann’s latest ...