Thanks to characters we recognize from reality TV, the Vatican intrigues have jumped from stuffy prestige drama to the social ...

GODFREY: Luther and Melanchthon said that the Roman Catholic Church began around 600 with Pope Gregory the Great. They called him “the Pied Piper leading the church astray.” The development of the ...

Four years after burying their foundress in a simple wood coffin on the grounds of their Missouri abbey, the Benedictines of ...

When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments ... excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after being ordained as a priest ...

25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father ... Tropeano can't receive Communion ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The 41st annual “Red Mass,” a spiritual event that asks for guidance and strength during the coming ...

Dorothy Irwin, a Roman Catholic theologian and archaeologist, has discovered several images of early church women dressed in priestly vestments and has found epitaphs describing them as church leaders ...

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

St. Stanislaus Church held a special mass celebrating the church's Polish roots. The parish now boasts a vibrant, ...

Conclave” costume designer Lisy Christl made some changes to the vestments worn by the Catholic cardinals, whose look in real ...

Bishops from around the country gather at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin ...