With the papal conclave underway, Maureen H. O’Connell writes that the cardinals who elect his successor should keep in mind ...

In his final Easter message, Pope Francis expressed pain over the violence and division throughout our world and urged us to ...

Pope Francis raised the consciousness of bishops, priests and laity around the issues of sexism and unjust discrimination ...

Pope Francis named Sister Nathalie Becquart the first woman with voting rights in the Synod of Bishops. Together with author ...

Phyliss Zagano, a Hofstra professor who was on a papal panel studying the issue, has high hopes that the next pontiff will ...

Pope Francis made clear his desire for women to take on more active roles in the ministry of the Church. In 2023, Prevost ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pope in 2,000 years. What are his political views? Has he said anything about ...

Scaraffia cites, in her view, just two positive changes Pope Francis made for women: the promotion of Mary Magdalene to an apostle and the cancelling of a norm that considered abortion a "reserved ...

During his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis introduced significant changes to the Catholic Church, notably increasing the ...

Among the challenges facing the new pope: Francis did more to promote women to leadership positions in the Vatican than any ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and ...