Once banished by Protestant churches as part of the sweeping changes wrought by the Reformation 500 years ago, indulgences — ...

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died aged 88 on April 21. World leaders, monarchs and hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on Rome to pay their ...

The only difference between Father Anne and other Roman Catholic priests is that she is female. So says Father Anne, the name she goes by. And because of her unsanctioned ordination under the ...