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The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out ...
Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...
House that Leo built: Pope delivers message of hope at White Sox park Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as ...
Pius’ successor, St. Pope John XXIII, was intensely interested in the need for priests and religious in Latin America, and in 1961 called for a tithing of personnel from every religious province in ...
After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the Catholic Church could change and how Italians are responding to Pope Leo ...
Every pope since 1891 has quoted from Rerum Novarum and built upon its foundation. Four popes wrote encyclicals specifically to note its 40th, 70th, 80th and 100-year anniversaries: Pope Pius XI wrote ...
Sedevacantists hold that this has been the case since the 1958 death of Pope Pius XII on the grounds that all officially recognized popes since Vatican II have embraced its alleged heresies.
The world has its first US pope. Now what? Jesuit Priest James Martin joins the show.
How will Pope Leo XIV wield the Vatican’s unique blend of soft power and moral authority on the world stage?
But I think that really beginning with, say, Pope John Paul II, who really was very adept at using the mass media for his own purposes, he was a globetrotting Pope, I sometimes think of him as the ...
In World War II, the Holy See once again declared itself entirely neutral from the beginning, but Pope Pius XII expressed early disillusionment with his role as an advocate for peace.
This article contemplates the past, present, and future of Latin American stocks, which have posted strong gains in 2025 but have been long-term underperformers.