HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, Chairperson of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (RIIFS), on Wednesday attended the opening ceremony of the conference titled “Christians in the Arab East: ...

History can be used to provoke and propagandize as much as to illuminate — and that may be the most lasting lesson from a conference ... leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church — which ...

From conclaves to reincarnation, religious traditions around the world follow different rules when selecting new spiritual ...

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

When Pope Francis died the world lost not only the leader of the Catholic Church but also the first pontiff in history to ...

The pre-conclave sessions surfaced pressing concerns — and may hint at what kind of shepherd the cardinals hope to elect.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary, was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every ... From the empty tomb in Jerusalem we hear unexpected good news: Jesus, who was crucified, “is not here, he has risen” (Lk 24:5 ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Farfán said during the news conference that he will help ensure ... “Nobody does drama, like the one holy, Catholic and apostolic church,” said Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan of New York ...