For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

And no pope has ever taken the name Peter, out of reverence for Saint Peter, the apostle considered the Church’s first leader.

On an overcast May morning after attending daily Mass and adoration, Binkowski stood outside the boxy yellow brick building of what used to be St. Jude the Apostle Church. She recalled her family ...

“I would like that our first great desire be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,” he said. Pope Leo XIV toured St Peter’s ...

who was head of the church during World War I, Temple said. One name that the new pope definitely won’t adopt is Peter, out of respect for the first pope, St. Peter the Apostle – but also ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some things ...

Kalen Hill, a pilgrim from the US, got to St Peter’s soon after the gates opened on Sunday and said he never expected an American would lead the 1.4-billion strong church. “I would say all the ...

The liturgical garments – such as robes, stoles and hats – worn by the pope and other Christian church officials ... So named in honor of St. Peter the Apostle, a fisherman and the first ...