The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis” in public and private schools, an initiative that seeks to keep his ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a memorial Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 3, 2025, for Pope Francis and all the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The ...

(RNS) — The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church astonished the world when they suddenly elected a new pope on May 8 in just four ballots and little more than 24 hours. Christopher White can claim a ...

Millions of people around the world were stunned when Pope Leo XIV was elected earlier this year as the first American-born pontiff, but one Vatican correspondent was not. Christopher White was one of ...

What can a fifth-century text by St. Augustine tell us about the priorities of the two most powerful American Catholics? By Randy Boyagoda Randy Boyagoda is a novelist and professor of English at the ...