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.

As I write, Mr. Trump is declaring that “nobody knows” what he is going to do about Iran. I fear that “nobody” includes him.

The choice of method, more than any difference in underlying doctrine, is where Pope Francis departed most radically from his predecessors.

Editor in chief Sam Sawyer, S.J., reflects on praying with Pope Francis’ body in St. Peter’s Basilica.

The further we get from the needs and the lives of the poor, the easier it is to forget that we have duties to them at all.

At its best, the United States defines itself not primarily by its borders, but by its values and principles.