The Roman Catholic Church traces its origin to the apostles and specifically to Peter. They are by far the largest ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Here is why a woman might never become the pope. Doctrine, tradition and law prevent the selection of a woman pope The Roman Catholic Church is built on years of doctrine, tradition and canon law ...

The Second Vatican Council unleashed a passion for change in the Roman Catholic Church that has ... Among the first to attack the church’s traditional teaching on contraception and clerical ...

Instead of the traditional ... from high-ranking church leaders like Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Roman Catholic conservatives and an ardent ...