The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...
Pope Francis has been known for his down-to-earth leadership, support of marginalized communities and interreligious dialogue ...
Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...
When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...
As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...
The feast of the Chair has ancient origins. Some of the earliest complete Christian calendars date to the sixth century, and ...
Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...
Thus, the second forgotten truth: The official teaching that “the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ...
The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...
Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. Francis is the 266th successor from the very first pope, Saint Peter. Does Pope Francis have a wife or children?