On the evening of May 8th white smoke poured forth from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. Then came the ringing cry – “Habemus Papam” (“We have a Pope”). Then ...

Wednesday 4 June, marks the 500th anniversary of the Bayham Abbey Uprising, where more than 100 men launched a violent ...

The Catholic Church lobbied hard against a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives in Illinois.

The Medieval city of Bruges, Belgium, marked a centuries-old tradition with veneration of the UNESCO-honored Holy Blood ...

There are two reasons, translations and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries. Today, ...

On the day of his election, Pope Leo XIV received the gift of a silver pectoral cross containing the relics of Pope St. Leo ...

The conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis was convened on May 7 beginning with a solemn mass in St. Peter’s ...

Rising authoritarianism, armed conflicts, and technological upheaval are eroding the foundations of international law. One ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

It is grimly easy to discern the hole left by departed faith. Part of it is the prevalent hopelessness that feeds so many ...

In an interview with the Daily Compass portal on Thursday, Cardinal William Goh, the archbishop of Singapore, said he hopes for greater doctrinal clarity from Pope Leo XIV. “If we are not clear ...