Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the inquiries into joining the ...

Augustinian Father John Lydon celebrates daily Mass at the Augustinian theologate chapel in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood ...

The Catholic Church now has its newest ... however, is Peter. Saint Peter was the first supreme pontiff of Rome and apostle of Jesus, according to Christian belief. Taking the name would add ...

And no pope has ever taken the name Peter, out of reverence for Saint Peter, the apostle considered the Church’s first leader.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some ...

This Sunday’s readings, meanwhile, are grounded in the shifting experiences of Peter the Apostle. The readings invite us to consider the evolving nature of church leadership, which has been a ...

The 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church died just one day after addressing the ... but also beautiful and elegant as well."At Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in downtown Jackson, a portrait of ...

Easter lilies still adorned the sanctuary at St. Peter the Apostle Church on South Fifth Street in Reading on Monday evening. The joy of Easter Sunday turned into sorrow on Easter Monday as Berks ...

The body of Pope Francis, laid out in an open coffin, was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City to St. Peter's Basilica. Red-hatted ...

the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, at his papal inauguration. In its standard design, the name of the current pope is inscribed above a picture of St. Peter the Apostle. The ring often ...

Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from the church filled the pews for the 9 a.m. service on Wednesday. Each of the students received ashes on their forehead from the ...

In Christianity, St. Peter the Apostle was a disciple of Jesus Christ, recognised in the early church as the leader of the 12 disciples and by the Roman Catholic Church as the first of its ...