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

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I recently offered up my list of qualities I hoped to see in the new pope and asked you, dear readers, to share with me your hopes. Now that we joyously have welcomed Pope Leo XIV we can begin to ...

Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel May 9, 2025. I begin with a word in English, and the rest is in Italian, but ...

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order.

I suppose it shouldn’t surprise us that the church of Jesus Christ struggles with being accountable/subject to one another, since the society we’re from is, for all practical appearances, totally ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep ...

The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...