Doulas are non-medical professionals trained to support people through significant health-related experiences, such as childbirth, miscarriage, abortion and death. Bishop-Stacker said her organization ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

Pontiff makes veiled swipe at Trump with call to ‘disarm our words’ - The press conference comes after the newly elected ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Catholics in Peru gathered outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Chiclayo to celebrate Pope Leo XIV, who served as bishop in the town until 2023. The new pope was born in Chicago, but spent decades ...

"The Commission will recommend policies to safeguard religious liberty for all Americans," said the White House.

Mother’s Day in Los Angeles County Sunday included a healing service outside the Men’s Central Jail for mothers of sons who died in custody and Archbishop José H. Gomez blessing all mothers in ...

Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history. Learn why Black Catholics have hope for his papacy.

The world has a new pope—and contrary to what many expected, he is American. Following his election, a quote by the late ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...