The Catholic Church is at the crossroad. Pope John XXIII pushed us into the modern world and challenged us to embrace change ...

You get used to it.” That was Pope Leo XIV 's matter-of-fact response when King Charles III asked about the swarms of ...

Twenty cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors spoke to NCR after Pope Leo XIV's election. In Part 2 of this ...

The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, disappointing LGBT+ Catholics who had hoped that the ...

Church scholars have debated for centuries whether Mary, who Catholics and many Christians call the Mother of God, helped ...

American-born Pope Leo’s condemnation of key policies of President Donald Trump was in response in reporters’ questions ...

Pope Francis has signaled a softening towards LGBT+ rights with his comments that same-sex couples should be protected by ...

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome in the early months ...

The pope and Abbas spoke about “an urgent need to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza and to end the ...

After Pope Leo XIV's election, NCR spoke with cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors who witnessed the inner ...

The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.