Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral ...

As Pope Francis continues to recover from bronchitis in hospital, many have begun to wonder what the process would be if he ...

In addition, the upper and lower churches, inside and outside, provide a visual account of the history of the Roman Catholic faith, as well as the history of the Catholic Church in the United ...

With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

Ohio's laws protecting victims of child sexual abuse "persist in the dark ages," expert say. Chris Graham, a survivor, aims ...

In the early days of the Church, living together outside of marriage was common among the non-Christians in the Roman Empire - as ... teachings do for us anyway? Catholic teaching in this matter ...

Pope Francis has spent one week in the hospital fighting pneumonia. He got up to eat breakfast Friday after the Vatican said ...

The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural ...

Connor, recently converted to the Catholic faith, said he was “grateful” that Vance raised his case when he warned Europe ...