Catholics should be more familiar with the history of female and lay ecclesial leadership. We suffer from widespread ...

Nevertheless, the women who have worked closely with Prevost in recent years have praised his leadership style, ability to ...

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

I was thrilled to watch the announcement of Pope Leo XIV, an American, a Chicagoan, an Augustinian who took a vow of poverty ...

With the papal conclave underway, Maureen H. O’Connell writes that the cardinals who elect his successor should keep in mind ...

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

A Congolese thelogian says more women should lead the Catholic Church ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors ...

With deep ties to both the United States and Peru, Pope Leo steps into spiritual leadership of 1.4 billion Catholics, ...