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.

CNY Central spoke with Bishop Douglas Lucia of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse regarding the announcement. He said: Must admit that when I saw it I was in total shock. I have to admit ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from Vatican City In his first formal address to Roman Catholic cardinals, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said he would continue the work of Pope Francis in steering the church ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church A short time after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of Thursday ...

Groups like the Cathars espoused the dualistic contest between good and evil, an affront to Roman Catholic doctrine and hierarchy alike. To the orthodox Catholic faithful—and, more importantly ...