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

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

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

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

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 ...

Varia Alston, a 21-year-old junior at McDaniel College, became the first young adult to receive the Unsung Black Catholic Woman Award from Baltimore’s Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The ...

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed traditional Catholic views on marriage and dignity of the unborn, emphasizing peace, justice and ...

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country.