All Roman Catholics are Christians ... There are an estimated 1.4 billion Catholic adherents around the world. The Catholic News Agency earlier this year reported a slight increase in the number ...

The pope, the Bishop of Rome, is considered a successor to Saint Peter and holds authority over the Catholic Church ... Here's what to know. All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the ...

Editor: Commenting on the opening of the papal conclave, Brian Kilmeade of Fox News opined that the Catholic Church needs women priests and married priests to solve its priest shortage.

Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope Francis, who was often a darling of liberals around the world. But the typical divisions between progressives and conservatives ...

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook.

Bill Fox (66), a retired clinical psychologist from Co Sligo, says he is “very proud to be a Roman Catholic in Ireland today”. “I have always practised my faith, apart from lapsing for a few ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

As a result, it receives financial support for its activities, and the running of schools and social agencies, from the Roman Church and other western Catholic charities. This dependency has ...

making him the first American-born head of the Roman Catholic Church. Follow here for live coverage Americans in Vatican City expressed exultation, pride and surprise — stunned surprise — all ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday joked he’d like to be the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, days after Pope Francis, 88, died. Francis suffered from a stroke and heart ...

SO THAT WAS HOW I INTERPRETED THAT GESTURE. THEN THERE’S POLITICS. WE HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC. WE HAVE SIX OF OUR NINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC.

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...