A new archbishop will not only need to lead the British church but play a significant role in the Anglican Communion.

further eroded trust in the church and underscored the enduring church hierarchy that looked away from predator clergy and protected them over their victims. A Vatican investigation largely found ...

Churches enjoyed bumper attendances over Easter, members of the clergy have said ... reported that the Church of England had enjoyed a very busy Easter, with services full across many parishes.

Westminster Cathedral in London is the mother church of Catholics in England and Wales and the ... submits to the authority of both a Church hierarchy and the teaching of the Church through ...

LYON, France (AP) — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from ...

His critics were fellow clergy as ... in the American church, and that strengthened and expanded throughout his papacy as a tide of resistance rose in the American church hierarchy, in Washington ...

There are rules on who can become pope. It can be any Catholic male, but since 1378, it’s only been a cardinal who has been ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the divinely inspired election of Christ’s Vicar on Earth by the princes of the church. Still ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died at 88 after Easter Sunday, prompting global mourning and the start of ...