Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.

Resisting the division caused by hot-button church and political issues ... publicly that U.S. bishops “always stand in strong unity with and loyalty to the Holy Father, Pope Francis.” ...

Few buttons are as popular as the type served hot, as some recent news headlines show: “Immigration is a complicated hot button issue. Voters views are complicated too” (NPR). “Letters log ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke of unity and those suffering due to war during his inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, who is the first American pope, spoke before ...

His conference also remains vulnerable to potential infighting over other hot-button issues including a ... Doubts about House Republicans' unity prompted Senate Republicans to enact their own ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., delivered her opening remarks for President-elect Trump's inauguration, discussing the proceedings' themes of unity amid a "hot mess of division" in the country.