Michael R. Heinlein, OSV News

Six months into his papacy, as Pope Leo's activities have increased, so has the scrutiny observing his every move. We parse every word, every...

BALTIMORE -- Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected as the next president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He succeeds...

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. bishops' conference has elected its next president, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City. Archbishop Coakley was elected by a narrow...

Pope Leo XIV has given the church the first official text of his pontificate's magisterium, "Dilexi Te," an apostolic exhortation addressed "to all Christians...

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Once dubbed "God's microphone," Sheen announced...

Five months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has promulgated his first official document, making as his own the draft of a text unfinished...

Imagine the suffering of a 29-year-old American widow returning home from Italy, having just buried her husband. Underneath the pain, she couldn't have guessed...

Ahead of early August's Jubilee of Youth in Rome, some Vatican watchers built up the event as an opportunity for Pope Leo XIV to...

Clergy sexual abuse has mutilated the church. It has scourged Christ's body. Like a rock dropped in the water, the ripples stretch out far,...

As any parent will understand, praying well at Mass with three children is not easy -- or sometimes, even possible. There's always a question...