VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of sexual abuse — which virtually every ...

It came as a big surprise when Catholic cardinals picked an American to be the successor of Pope Francis back in early May. But as Leo XIV begins his papacy, he’s offered few — if any — real surprises ...

Pope Leo XIV will declare John Henry Newman a "doctor" of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church's highest honors ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decided to declare St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church bestowing one of the Catholic Church ...

The title “doctor of the Church” recognizes those canonized men and women who possessed profound knowledge, were superb teachers, and contributed to the Church’s theology.

The quietly spoken Leo has now succeeded Francis, one of the most disruptive popes in modern times. One of his biggest ...

St. John Henry Newman is part of our patrimony,” Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the first bishop of the ordinariate, wrote in a ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday received a rock star’s welcome at the Vatican’s festival of Catholic influencers — priests, nuns and ...

Along one of Rome's busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot ...

One new American archbishop says having a pope from Chicago is something to think about, since “Catholicism in Chicago has ...