Two days after a tentative settlement with survivors of clergy sex abuse was announced in the Archdiocese of New Orleans ...

Pope Leo XIV appoints Sister Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life, marking another milestone ...

A divided 4-4 high court let stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the first religious public charter school in ...

The case, a major test of the separation of church and state, was an unexpected loss for those advocating a greater role for ...

There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV and top Vatican diplomat Archbishop Paul Gallagher on Monday.

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the library of the Apostolic ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Pope Leo XIV is being scrutinized for how he might interact with the Trump administration after its rifts with the late Pope ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Washington state's new law denying clergy an exemption for “privileged communication” for information disclosed during ...

In his multi-lingual homily, delivering parts in both English and Italian, Leo expressed his vision for the Catholic Church. Aged 69, he aspires to be the 'faithful administrator' of the Church as it ...