The ideological center of the wealthiest and most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. But there are many ...

As a medievalist, I appreciate Francis’ contrasting approach: A religious leader who embraces history and scholarship, and ...

The French philosopher and the Argentinian pontiff understood the dangers of being uprooteded from culture and collectivities ...

Despite declaring a week of national mourning March 31, following the powerful earthquake that struck three days earlier, ...

The newly announced synodal phase will begin at the local level in 2026, then move to national and international bishops’ ...

One of the pope's greatest achievements will have been his engagement with the humanities and humanity — with a deep ...

Recent news reports brought to my attention something that I completely missed when it first happened almost two months ago: ...

No place evokes the depth of human evil more than Auschwitz. Theologians – at a safe distance – can investigate the question ...

A Michigan teen might hold the key to sainthood for the Blessed Solanus Casey, the Capuchin friar who worked at St.

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about ...

Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life ...

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented ...