Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, ...

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

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Exorcisms performed by the Catholic Church are likely the best-known exorcisms ... Christians in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages could exorcize themselves, so to speak, by calling ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232 ... It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the 'hierarchy of the truths of faith'. [GCD 43.] ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

Their campaign for the welcoming church of Pope Francis comes as a few cardinals have used the pre-conclave meetings to bash Francis' efforts to invite laity — Catholic faithful who are not ...

Each month, when I face an auditorium full of engaged couples preparing for a Catholic ... Church since the early Middle Ages has departed from the more commodious practice of the early hierarchy.