As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

US Catholicism knows Jews well, and that familiarity may pave the way for the new pope to improve Jewish-Catholic relations, ...

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his unwavering commitment to efforts aimed at achieving world peace. The Holy See is offering its ...

One mother in the far western suburbs is worried what a court decision could mean for her newborn son, while legal advocacy ...