It came as a big surprise when Catholic cardinals picked an American to be the successor of Pope Francis back in early May. But as Leo XIV begins his papacy, he’s offered few — if any — real surprises ...

Surrendering debts and absolving burdens creates room for the hope Francis called “the central message of the coming Jubilee.

A patient beat longtime nurse Leelamma Lal almost to the point of blindness in February at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital.

The duo picked up a pie, packed it in dry ice, and hand-delivered it to the Pontiff during an event for youth and digital missionaries in Rome. The Pope, recognizing the familiar Aurelio’s shield, ...

Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church ...

Along one of Rome's busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot ...

Msgr. Pegoraro has a medical degree from the University of Padua, Italy, and a moral theology degree from the Gregorian ...

St. John Henry Newman is part of our patrimony,” Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the first bishop of the ordinariate, wrote in a ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday received a rock star’s welcome at the Vatican’s festival of Catholic influencers — priests, nuns and ...

One new American archbishop says having a pope from Chicago is something to think about, since “Catholicism in Chicago has ...

A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of sexual abuse — which virtually every ...

The title “doctor of the Church” recognizes those canonized men and women who possessed profound knowledge, were superb teachers, and contributed to the Church’s theology.