Even in an era in which organized religion is a diminished force, the selection of a new pope to lead the world’s 1.4 billion ...

A member of the council of priests in ancient Rome, responsible for performing religious duties. The title 'Pontifex Maximus' ...

The Catholic Church has an American pope for the first time. What does this mean for the Church’s global role? On May 8, the ...

Leo XIV has a very complex world to lead as the Pontifex Maximus. It is the world of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4iR).

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he was confident that Pope Leo XIV would continue the programs of the late Pope ...

As an Augustinian, the new pope embodies the synthesis of tradition and pastoral closeness taught by St. Augustine.

Michael W. Higgins is the Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of Toronto’s St.

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide ...

The three Filipino cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV urged the people on Friday to pray ...

Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to be the first North American leader of the Catholic church ...