Now Pope Leo XIV, the first American spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4bn Catholics, has picked a cleric of a very different ...

Since the election of Pope Francis last March, progressive Catholics have been on the offensive for the first time in my lifetime. Economic and social justice issues are yet again at the forefront, ...

Amid ongoing debates surrounding the direction of the Catholic Church, it is refreshing to see priests like the Rev. James Ruggieri embracing the traditions that have guided the faith for centuries.

With hot-button issues sidelined and major changes seemingly off the table, progressive Catholics feel led astray by synod organizers’ grand promises. Dominican Cardinal-designate Timothy Radcliffe ...

COMMENTARY: The only true metric for the authentic exercise of ecclesial authority is Christological — grounded in the cross ...

JD Vance converted to Catholicism and five years later the Republican Party coronated him as its choice for vice president, a culmination of the deepening affinity between conservatives in the church ...

Pope Francis died on Monday morning at 88. Francis became the first Latin American pontiff in 2013 and was known for his gentle, humble demeanor as well as his critique of conservative politics. His ...

In March, NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters wrote about a journalism conference sponsored by EWTN and Franciscan University of Steubenville, saying the event was "simply one more example of American ...

“An Asian Francis from the Philippines is wonderful,” she said. However, when asked whether she thinks, “We’ll see female priests in your kids’ lifetime,” Pelosi answered, “Maybe my grandkids’.” Newly ...

If you wrote a novel in which the first Latin American pope died on Easter Monday — which happened to fall on April 21, the traditional anniversary of the founding of the city of Rome — it would be ...

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church since 2013, died Monday morning, sparking a wave of mourning across northwest Ohio and around the world. Locals remembered him as a humble and ...