SPRINGFIELD - Gloomy skies cast over the field at Pope Francis, and the pouring rain set the stage for a tough state tournament battle. Despite the showers, No. 4 Pope Francis powered through to a 2-0 ...

The Vatican has confirmed the heartbreaking news that has shaken the world, sparking a wave of tributes and expressions of ...

For the first time since he was selected to be the pope in May, Pope Leo will host Hollywood stars such as Cate Blanchett and ...

"The Church therefore calls all builders of AI to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work." ...

Quiet American is an oxymoron for most people, at least those outside the United States. The British writer Graham Greene ...

The book tells the story of the unusual relationship between a high-ranking member of the clergy and a left-wing activist ...

Leo showed himself in perfect lockstep with Francis when he published his first major teaching document last month, on the ...

The vote for a new president of the U.S. bishops' conference was close. Close and deeply disappointing. In choosing ...

The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, disappointing LGBT+ Catholics who had hoped that the ...

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the world’s need for fraternity — a gift from Christ which frees us from selfishness and division — during the general audience.

The coming consistory is a chance for the new pontiff, Francis’s successor, to mark the beginning of a new Leonine era, but ...

COMMENTARY: If Francis could be called the pope who had been in a hurry, Leo is the pope who is prudently taking his time.