The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

THE African Catholics who welcomed Pope Paul to their continent last week are among the newest and the oldest Christians in the world. In Egypt, Alexandria had a colony of Christians at the time of ...

In the wake of the Catholic Church sex scandals, many American Catholics are questioning some of the church's most time honored traditions: the role of laity and the importance of celibacy. On the eve ...

I am a Catholic theologian and interreligious dialogue is my thing, so many people ask me what the Roman Catholic Church's position is on interreligious dialogue... as if it had ONE position on this ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Disillusioned by their experiences in Catholicism, some Romans are turning to paganism and finding a connection to their roots through worshipping the gods of antiquity, whom they ...

For example, 61 percent of Catholics who attend Mass every Sunday said that abortion should be illegal in all or most circumstances. As the life of every Saint testifies, prayer is a crucial part of ...

The College of Cardinals will convene on May 7th at the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis' successor. Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity, differing from other branches primarily in ...