Democrat state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about during ...

It strikes me as strange that our society strives to mold the Catholic Church in its image – centuries of tradition and ...

One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...

Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.

Pope Leo XIV told the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See on Friday that peaceful and just societies can be achieved ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered to host a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, while Cardinal Pietro Parolin called ...

The Catholic Church wants to reach out and embrace all people who need and yearn for truth, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV ...

W.Va., introduces a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.

Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the ...

Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may ...