The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica ... More importantly, Ambrose established the medieval concept of a Christian emperor as ...

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 4 Valley View Rd., will be celebrating its 100th birthday, beginning with an 11 a.m. Mass with ...

From building schools, hospitals, and churches to spearheading various development initiatives, the Church relies heavily on ...

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... and through her, Jesus Christ — second person of the Holy Trinity, consubstantial with the Father, and true God — became ...

Roman Catholics connect salvation to participation in church sacraments such as baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist.

Renowned sports writer John Feinstein passed away at 68 on Thursday, his family confirmed. He had been married to Christine ...

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) has been renamed to the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).

COMMENTARY: The Council’s Decree ‘Christus Dominus’ is a vivid reminder of the meaning of the bishop’s pastoral role in the ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...