The notion of the leader of the Catholic Church playing a word game, lingering at a parishioner’s kitchen table, or going to a ballgame does make him seem more human. …

Since his election, Leo has been pursuing a unity that is founded on the person of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of the Gospel, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Where Francis sounded the alarm, Leo has remained focused on what he calls ecological conversion: a transformation of heart and mind. 

When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR’s former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there. White thought it would be Robert Prevost: “His election may have …

You must make a venture; faith is a venture before a man is Catholic. You approach the Church in the way of reason, you enter it in the light of …

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Peter Nolasco (1182-1258), born in France, but later settled in Barcelona, Spain. After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians, he used his inheritance …

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that he has “a lot to talk about” with Pope Leo XIV in their upcoming meeting but that his trip to the Vatican …

Scripture for Life: What kind of renewal does the Spirit bring to the face of Earth? Our official church teaching offers an answer that will not be comfortable for all …