Bittner, 56, is the parish administrator and a parishioner of St. Bonaventure in Bloomington. He and his wife, Christine, have been married for 36 years. The Bittners enjoy Sunday “Family Day” visits ...

believe will bring fresh dynamism to the Holy See. Yet, all is relative in the Catholic Church's almost 2,000-year history, which features teenage popes as well as many recent younger spiritual ...

In the Catholic Church ... the Holy Mass on Divine Mercy, on the second day of mourning for Pope Francis, on April 27, 2025, in Vatican City, Vatican [Christopher Furlong/Getty Images] That ...

In the aftermath of this year’s Lenten Season and Holy Week massacres ... we must not believe that all is lost. Hope must guide us,” the Catholic Priest said, referring to the theme of ongoing ...

Claudia Hernández Images from the home country of Pope ... TODAY” to reflect on Pope Francis’ legacy for the Catholic Church and what the next steps will be for selecting his successor.

We believe quality journalism should be available ... as well as the most highly ranked members of the Catholic Church. Below we look at how the service will unfold. The three days of public ...

"Heresies and other errors have in consequence spread through the Church ... the same Jesuit Catholic order that Francis belonged to. “That suggests the pope isn’t a Holy Father or an ...

In July 2013, Pope Francis posed a question that marked a radical shift in the Catholic Church’s treatment ... the previous figureheads of the Holy See and church doctrine had often spoken ...

With a conclave to select a new pope typically not taking place for two to three weeks after a pontiff's passing, several weeks can go by without a pope leading the Roman Catholic Church.

With its cobblestone paths and ancient stone walls, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ... very place many believe Jesus’s body was prepared for burial. The atmosphere was hushed, heavy with history, ...

Today, two chapels — one Catholic ... Holy Sepulcher, beginning in the Constantinian period, “was built by the faith of those who believed, and it continues to live by the faith of those who ...

In contrast, the Roman Catholic Church—whose members comprise nearly 80% of the population—does not officially endorse any political candidate. EDSA Shrine Rector and Catholic Bishops ...