Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

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Beyond a simple affirmation of the pope’s authority, the letter by Arturo Sosa, S.J., called attention to its particular ...

Pope Francis was elected in 2013 as the first member of the Jesuit order, the Society of Jesus; he was also the first member of any religious order to be chosen in over 150 years. As a specialist ...

In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

Emperor Constantine I convened the first ecumenical council in Nicaea. Why did he summon all the Christian bishops of his ...

Pope Leo XIV is the youngest pope we have had since Pope St. John Paul II. At 69, he is only a little older than his prolific predecessor Pope Leo XIII. We live once again in an age of “New Things”: ...

Hong Kong’s Card Stephen Chow said that the pope told him that he “visited China several times and got to know the Chinese ...

In interviews in the run-up to the conclave, I steered clear of making predictions in order to focus on the process: what the ...

Relations between Israel and the Holy See ... for the Order of St. Augustine that the new pope belongs to is to “live together in harmony, being of one mind and one heart on the way to God.” Pope ...

The follower of Christ, by contrast, is also concerned with the poor, the marginalized, and the planet. She consequently ...

One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church in 2025 is that of continuing to address the clergy sexual abuse crisis. With Cardinal Seán O'M ...