On Inside the Vatican, we explore Pope Leo’s persistent calls for peace and his unexpected support for journalist Paola Ugaz, who exposed abuse in a powerful Peruvian lay group suppressed by Pope Francis.

Though other factors are surely at play, church leaders in Nigeria insist the attacks are part of a systematic campaign to drive Christians from the region or force their conversion.

How should American Catholics respond to the U.S. attacks on Iran? Perhaps the Feast of Corpus Christi offers a counterpoint to the god of war, power and vengeance invoked by so many today.

Pope Francis honored women's contributions to the life of the church. I trust Pope Leo XIV to do the same.

As Sam Tanenhaus makes clear in 'Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America,' it is impossible to understand American politics and culture without grasping Buckley’s immense influence.

What happened when the place I had gone for consolation became the focus of my anger

In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine and truth.

We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that the Holy Spirit is at work.

Pope Leo XIV denounced the “violent conflict [that] seems to be raging in the Christian East with a diabolical intensity previously unknown” and said the Christians of the West must do more to help the Christians of the East, especially those suffering in Ukraine, Gaza and other places in the Middle East.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.