Pope Leo XIV has not forgotten that he is also a Peruvian citizen. On Friday, he updated his national registration ...

Nigeria: When laws are flouted, not enforced The contrast with Nigeria is stark. Though Nigeria has a democratic constitution ...

The Texas State Legislature adjourned its 140-day legislative session on Monday, Sine Die, with Gov. Greg Abbott ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV, as the first U.S.-born pope, may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in ...

Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility ...

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

Medicaid programs allow more children to attend school and climb out of poverty, and they allow some 4.5 million people to ...

The Catholic Church’s official position on same-sex marriage and homosexuality is morally wrong and theologically unsound.

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

Pope Leo, the new head of the Catholic Church, takes responsibility not just for 1.4 billion souls, but also for a complex ...

Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute. He is the author of the New York Times ...

In a ceremony on Monday, Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek Catholic bishop who saved ...