The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel, which were the lens through which he viewed the world. We ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

Pope Leo XIV travels to Castel Gandalfo, where he pays a visit to the Borgo Laudato Sì, an area of the papal residence ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

IN 2025, the Church honours a saint whose impact has only grown with time. One hundred years after her canonisation, the ...

The choice of a new name is an opportunity for newly elected popes to hint at their agenda for the Catholic Church. In 2005, ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has slammed the notion of a politically driven papal election, declaring that ...

The excitement began immediately after the announcement dropped on Wednesday afternoon: 'Pope Prevost is coming to the ...