Michael J. O’Loughlin is executive director of Outreach, an LGBTQ Catholic publication, and author of “Hidden Mercy: AIDS, ...

Non-Catholics need to respect the powerful symbolism of the papacy. But neutrality about a genocidal struggle against Israel’s existence is neither moral nor acceptable.The post The pope’s ‘divisions’ ...

The U.S.-born pope has signaled he will continue his predecessor’s work, but shows deference to tradition, too.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8), robed in white and ...

As much as Leo has echoed Francis, the first American pope has staked out differences, too. VATICAN CITY — As he has done in ...

Ms. Koch graduated in 2023 from Harvard College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student weekly, the Harvard ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Local Catholics are expressing cautious optimism about the leadership of Pope Leo XIV, who will be honored at a mass Friday night at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

One day after making history as first American to lead the Catholic Church, we are learning more about Pope Leo XIV's ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

If there’s one succinct way to describe Pope Francis’s stewardship of the Catholic Church over the last 12 years, it might ...