Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the ...

ROME — They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals ...

The knights of the Crusades were not a single group but rather a variety of orders with distinct purposes and codes. While ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the ...

When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from the United States, and North America more broadly. Moreover, he was the ...

Though never ordained, Blessed Edmund Bojanowski devoted his life to the poor, the sick, and the young — founding four religious congregations to carry on his mission of Catholic charity. Blessed ...

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori looks on as Pallottine Father Frank Donio, executive director of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, speaks at a July 22, 2025, Mass during the ...