This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Ad Gentes,’ ‘Evangelli Nuntiandi’ and ‘Redemptoris Missio’ offer a potent reminder that the faithful are a key ...

Intimate Portrait Explores Jorge Mario Bergoglio's Buenos Aires Roots, Spiritual Formation, and the Unanswered Question of Why He Never Returned ...

EDITORIAL: Just how desperately we need hope in today’s troubled world was made apparent though the darkness of the events ...

Pope Leo is expected to accept Carinal Timothy Dolan's resignation this week and announce a replacement for the Archdiocese of New York.

Multiple news reports indicated that Pope Leo XIV had chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois — ...

There's yet to be confirmation from official church sources, including Hicks who, like Pope Leo XIV, hails from Chicago's ...

The Jubilee Year of Hope concludes Jan. 6, but the graces will continue. Pope Francis urged the faithful to make a pilgrimage ...

John Gehring addresses the ways conservative Catholics crafted a coalition with various conservative political forces, ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ...

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...