The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...

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 ...

Before Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany, before Gutenberg’s printing press ...

The priest said that for Dalits in the South Asian sub-continent, there is no escaping the evil practice. “So, we ensure ...

For various reasons, up until well after the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church generally resisted the translation of the Bible into vernacular, or common, languages. However, the ...

The Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam, just as that of the communist China, is somewhat frustrated by government restrictions on the hierarchy system within the Church. According to the annual ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

"Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations. Although the particular churches possess their own hierarchy ...

In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.

We Are Church International, which is seeking renewal of the Roman Catholic Church, said it was pleased that Pope Francis was no longer in danger of death, and it called for prayers to continue ...

The pope’s words emphasized his humility and belief that simple acts of devotion could unite the church. His illness has made ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without ... The pope was also supposed to attend a spiritual retreat this coming weekend with the rest ...