When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal the ...

“Don’t call me a saint…,” Dorothy Day once quipped, and some are happy to oblige. They wonder why Dorothy’s cause for canonization is moving forward. After all, how can a spitfire, twentieth-century ...

Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in Leo.

The Catholic Church must bear witness to its values in the political square, with more focus on its social justice teaching and not only the issue of abortion, according to a gathering of more than ...

In the 2024 election, US Catholics voted in large numbers for Donald Trump. It’s far from inevitable that Catholics find ...

The former congressman reflects on today’s political climate as he begins to teach at the University of Dallas. Dan Lipinski is the new Pope Leo XIII Fellow on Social Thought at the University of ...

Want to know how the first American pope might lead the Catholic Church? Look no further than his name. Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Cardinal Robert Prevost's chosen name, Leo XIV, "tells ...

Pope Francis greets Emilce Cuda, an Argentine theologian and head of office of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, at the Vatican March 17, 2017. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Ashley and Zac get ...

(The Conversation) — The most recent Pope Leo’s writings about workers’ rights amid the Industrial Revolution form the foundation of modern Catholic social teachings. (The Conversation) — When Robert ...