The upcoming conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis will be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church, with 133 cardinal electors expected to gather in the Sistine Chapel on May 7, ...

The late teenager Carlo Acutis has been hailed as the first millennial saint. However, believers even younger have also been ...

Sarah Mullally will begin the role early next year and will be the first female church leader since women were allowed to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena ...

Sign language is currently one of the most popular families of languages in the world, with National Geographic estimating more than 300 forms of sign language used by more than 70 million people ...

In 2019, Ghana witnessed one of the most profound moments in its interfaith history . The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

Sarah Mullally was appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday (Oct 3), becoming the first woman to lead the ...

Those for and against the church's demolition will present their case to the city's Historic Preservation Commission next ...

Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission votes unanimously to save historic church building from demolition.

Pope Leo XIV called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such ...