To what degree will the new pope stand or not stand in continuity with Francis? As a scholar who has studied the writings and actions of the popes since the time of the Second Vatican Council, a ...

The global media storm surrounding the election of Pope Leo XIV will soon fade to some degree (until he wears a Chicago White Sox jersey or something like that). This post centers on the fact that the ...

The Conversation U.S. asked Maureen Day , a researcher at the University of Southern California who has written several books about the contemporary church, to explain what Catholicism looks like in ...