FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — The Diocese of Fall River announced that five parishes will be closing as part of changes coming ...

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On Saturday evening, the Pope made his first trip outside the Vatican to visit a Catholic shrine and pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor, Francis, who lies in nearby Santa Maria Maggiore.

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 ...

Pope Leo graduated from Villanova University in Pennsylvania with a degree in mathematics, then studied theology at the Catholic Theological ... administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first homily, delivered to his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, was a mission statement about missions. First, that the Roman Catholic Church must be humble and lead ...

ALBANY — Officials from Albany’s Roman Catholic Diocese hailed the election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, at a news conference Thursday ...

Anambra diocese sends goodwill message to new pope Also, a former bishop, Catholic diocese of Nnewi, Anambra state, His Lordship, Most Rev. Hilary Odili Okeke, sends his good wishes to the new Pope, ...

"The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore gives thanks to almighty God for blessing us with a new Vicar of Christ," the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said in a statement on Friday.

SO THAT WAS HOW I INTERPRETED THAT GESTURE. THEN THERE’S POLITICS. WE HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC. WE HAVE SIX OF OUR NINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC.

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, Reverend Salvatore R. Matano pledged his congregation's support and fidelity to the newly elected pontiff in a May 8 statement. Pope Leo not only ...