The priest told the bishops that he dared to write to them 'because for a long time' he has seen 'with dismay, repeated signs that our beloved Church is running a truly grave danger.' ...

Critics, including Pope John Paul II, saw in liberation theology politicization of the church and sympathy with Marxist ideology. Several other Latin American liberation theologians share Boff’s hope ...

An open letter to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (known by the Spanish acronym CELAM) released in June by Father Clodovis Boff spurred controversy among clergy members ...

The last three popes — Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV — have on more than one occasion recommended reading “Lord of the World.” ...

Leo XIV draws deeply from the Church’s past to guide its present mission and future hope.

Popes have used the estate at Castel Gandolfo as a summer residence since the 17th century. Pope Francis broke from that tradition, but now Pope Leo XIV is reviving it.

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, setting the tone for his papal style.

Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny was one of the four Jesuits and four Canadian cardinals among the 133 cardinal electors from 70 countries who voted in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8. Born ...