In the formal economy, women dominate sectors and jobs specifically tailored for them, which require nurturing, domestic, or routine clerical skills, while facing decent work deficits such as gender ...

University of Dayton Associate Professor of Religious Studies and author of The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular ...

Pope Leo XIV will deliver a video "to the young people of the world" during his mass in Chicago next month, the city's ...

Soon after the first American took over as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV made history in San Diego. For his ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its ...

From the Pilgrims' Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that closes the "Caravaggio 2025" ...

When Robert Francis Prevost was growing up in a modest house in Dolton, Illinois, no one, not even his neighbors, imagined he ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next leader. Nagy and an ABC7 crew were sent out to cover the papal conclave. They ...

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a church that's been on the steady decline there.

Pope Leo XIV will address the crowd via video at a mass celebrating his ascent to the papacy that will be held at Chicago's Rate Field next month.

A report of a study group on women deacons is expected as soon as June, putting the spotlight on the issue of women’s roles ...