Alex Crow, former parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Parish in Mobile, Ala., is pictured in an undated photo. The Archdiocese of Mobile revealed Jan. 5 that Pope Francis finalized the decision to ...

ROME — As leaders of the Catholic Church popes have long set out to confront the great challenges of their age, be they heretics, plagues or invasions. In 2025, Pope Leo XIV has made curtailing the ...