CATHOLICS, ROMAN. Roman Catholicism in Cleveland followed a pattern common to other industrial midwestern cities. The Catholic population grew dramatically in the 19th and early 20th centuries, ...

Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, ... Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380, according to Learn Religions, ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history by becoming the first Roman Catholic pope from North America. Once elected, however, he chose a pontifical name steeped in hundreds of years of ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and dissected for its many layers of meaning.

The July 7 event at Canterbury is evidence of a growing interest in shrines, saints and relics in the Church of England, ...

Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, ... Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380, according to Learn Religions, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church — and his papal name is Pope Leo XIV. ... Will Make History as First American Pontiff.

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and dissected for its many layers of meaning.