The real Father Gabriele Amorth sits in front of a crucifix in Rome. Exorcisms performed by the Catholic Church are likely the best-known exorcisms, but at the heart of any exorcism is the ...

People follow fads to fit in. And because it’s easy, which becoming Catholic is not, requiring time commitments and internal ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

He called on the Catholic Church to step up and respond to these challenges with moral clarity and bold action. Speaking at the New Synod Hall, the Pope said the Catholic Church has faced similar ...

The formal inauguration Mass – for the first US pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church – will be held in St. Peter's Square on 18 May. He will also preside over the ...

US-born Pope Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to step up efforts to combat a growing "lack of faith" during his first homily as pontiff on Friday (May 9), one day after becoming the first ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...

making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a global turmoil and conflict. Soft-spoken Robert Francis Prevost is first pope from the United ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican ...

SEATTLE (KPTV) - The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement – even in the privacy ...

"And I think that's the start. You know, it's an incomplete project." The Catholic Church maintains that only men can be ordained as priests, viewing this not as a cultural tradition but as ...