Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, will ordain five new priests for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

Most see their parish priests favorably, and many engage in their parish beyond going to Mass, according to Pew Research ...

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s ...

Eder is one of many laypeople around the world celebrating the announcement of the Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope on the second day of the papal conclave. “Peace be with all of you ...

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Nuns have been disciplined, sisters hushed, laity ... Catholic church. But the secretive nature of papal elections means it's hard to pick a single frontrunner. In 2022, he reformed the Roman ...

including how to give greater roles to women in the Catholic Church, including ordaining them as deacons, and the greater inclusion of laity in governance and decision making. The reforms have ...

With a conclave to select a new pope typically not taking place for two to three weeks after a pontiff's passing, several weeks can go by without a pope leading the Roman Catholic Church.

The largely ceremonial job of camerlengo is currently held by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Irish-born American head of the Vatican’s laity office ... Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible ...

He became leader of the Catholic Church in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. As the camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church ... in a special way to engage the laity and to engage with the ...

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell assumed the role of acting head of the Catholic Church on ... Farrel to the Roman Curia in the role of prefect of the new Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and ...