Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

A week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the Catholic Church s teachings about the sanctity of human life and ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

Varia Alston, a 21-year-old junior at McDaniel College, became the first young adult to receive the Unsung Black Catholic Woman Award from Baltimore’s Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The ...

Jeanne Ory is shy by nature. So, a few weeks ago, when she heard her name announced at Mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in ...

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

Nevertheless, the women who have worked closely with Prevost in recent years have praised his leadership style, ability to ...

Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes — when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black, except for ...

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country.

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With deep ties to both the United States and Peru, Pope Leo steps into spiritual leadership of 1.4 billion Catholics, ...