CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell is watching and waiting to see how Pope Leo XIV widens Francis' legacy of elevating women within the church.
In this dizzying moment, we can turn to the voices that have guided us through upheaval before. How fitting, then, that Pope Leo XIV has brought forth the wisdom of Pope Leo XIII into our digital age.
The religious right has hoped for the repeal of the Johnson Amendment since at least 2007, when President Donald Trump pledged to totally destroy it. The new regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping fill in the picture of what is likely to shape his pontificate, writes Michael Sean Winters.
This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear welcomes Art Laffin, longtime peace activist, author and Catholic Worker: "War has become normalized, so we have to stand for life wherever it is threatened."
I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I feel renewed. I feel bright about the future of the Catholic Church.
A pastor with a particular congregation that leans one way or the other does not need to mention a candidate by name to get the message out. Some pastors are only too happy to insert themselves into politics.
More than 800 million people use ChatGPT each week. But Catholics might wish to think carefully before they do — for a number of reasons, including theft, cognitive decline, and threats to jobs and the planet.
