As Pope Leo XIV’s past record of handling clergy sexual abuse cases comes under scrutiny, his biggest defenders are the ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

Survivors say the new pontiff must urgently improve on Pope Francis’s complicated legacy by committing to transparency and ...

Francis challenged the ethnonationalism of the U.S. Catholic right. With the election of Leo XIV, the battle lines are being ...

Like many who feel a connection with the new pope, Rabbi Joseph Schultz believes his familiarity with sports can help bring ...

Nate Tinner-Williams, a contributing Globe Opinion writer, is cofounder and editor of Black Catholic Messenger. As the ...

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican concerning the first American pope remains a mystery: Does Leo support an Italian soccer club?

No sooner had the first American pope been selected Thursday than a modern tradition unfolded: the scrubbing of Robert ...

The Rev. Peter Gori was performing a funeral Mass at St. Augustine’s Parish about noon last Thursday when the news broke that a new pope had been chosen. He said after the funeral, people kept asking ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...