Pope Francis

Leo’s in-flight press conference showed us who the Pope is

Last week, aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists. His comments revealed much of what we might expect from the first American pontiff.

Cardinal Baselios Cleemis on the conclave, tradition and the Indian Catholic diaspora

The head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church discusses his visit to England, the growth of Indian Catholic communities, and the papal conclave.

The Catholic Herald

Leo XIV’s first great test: unity, contradiction, and the College of Cardinals

The gathering of the College of Cardinals will be the first major moment of Pope Leo XIV’s reign and a test of his promise to restore unity in the Church.

Advent around the world

The traditions of Advent shaped by saints, councils, and the comings of Christ through time.

The Second Vatican Council is not to blame

The Second Vatican Council is now 60 years old. But for all the disputes, real rupture came from an inadequately catechised clergy

What my brother taught me about Advent

A brother’s insistence on saving one gift became a formative Advent lesson: anticipation is not a burden but a grace, preparing us for Christ’s arrival

Nick Ripatrazone

Pope Leo XIV and the return of a global papacy

As Pope Leo signals a desire to visit Algeria and engages quietly in Middle Eastern diplomacy, his in-flight remarks reveal a papacy rediscovering its global vocation

The Catholic Herald

Latin Mass restrictions reveal a deeper crisis

Despite episcopal sympathy for the old rite, the Church continues to govern the Latin Mass through temporary permissions

Pope Leo at the blue mosque

Pope Leo’s most recent journey showed a pontiff concerned with Christian unity, not secular optics.

At Nicaea again: Pope Leo XIV and the long path to unity

Pope Leo XIV ends 4-day Turkey visit urging Christian unity and interfaith respect, marking Nicaea’s 1,700th.

The Catholic Herald