But he isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City. The territory is home to almost 900 people and covers 0.5 ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

"The Roman Catholic Archdiocese unites with the universal church in praying for the Holy Father as he begins his Apostolic ministry." Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime ...

NIGEL AND SYDNEY, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PERHAPS POLITICAL ... deepen between the United States and the Holy See. "We have a vice president who is ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... is it that the Holy Father is able to ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy. Tradition was treated as baggage, and doctrine was left to the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

Yet she describes herself as a "cradle Catholic." "I love the sacramental church that we have. We have all these sacraments, yet I cannot receive all of them. Holy Orders is a sacrament.

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to gather in conclave ... one of which is likely to be the Holy See’s present frosty relations with Israel. Relations with the State of Israel ...

As cardinals from Myanmar to Malta ready themselves for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis sought to drag ...

As cardinals of the Catholic Church make their way to Rome to choose the next pope, a choice over what to do with a historical church looms over Tacoma. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary ...

Catholic pilgrims are able to actually use the Vatican’s Holy Door, passing through to attain forgiveness of sins and “plenary indulgences,” which the Church says remove all Earthly ...