I hope I am wrong, but I think that the church in Africa will look very much like the church in the West by the end of this ...

One year in, Pope Leo XIV's papacy has been rooted in truth, unity and love — the distinct gifts of his religious order, the ...

If accepted, the settlement would cap a five-year legal battle that has seen the archdiocese sell off property, while taking ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and named as his ...

Over 55 years ago, legendary jazz musician Pharoah Sanders recorded a spiritualist masterwork that remains a critical piece ...

Over 11 days and four countries, Leo showed how he embodies the spiritual, prophetic, pastoral and symbolic dimensions of the ...

The 13th‑century German mystic Mechthild of Magdeburg uses erotic love to describe ecstatic, reciprocal union with God.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed two auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Washington and accepted the resignation of Auxiliary ...

May 1's memorial of St. Joseph the Worker highlights work's importance to human flourishing. In a world contending with AI, ...

NCR readers respond to stories about the new film "Mother Mary," the application of just war theory to the war in Iran and ...

Several U.S. and Japanese Catholic bishops seeking nuclear disarmament are expressing both urgency and wariness, as the ...

As had been customary by his predecessors, Leo used his first general audience after his April 13-23 trip to four nations in ...