The Catholic Church reintroduced handshakes during mass, according to a report Saturday. The continued loosening of pandemic-era protocols by the church was relayed in a letter from the Italian ...

In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic Church, bishop of Rome and sovereign leader of Vatican City Then, the College of Cardinals ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

We are very hopeful; you perceive a lot of enthusiasm, anyway, whether from brother priests or from the people of God,” newly ...

As the pope and church leaders meet in Rome to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s future, they face a chasm between conservatives and progressives in the pews. An exterior statue of Jesus ...

In any case, indulgences and jubilee years have remained enormously popular and profitable for the Catholic Church and for the city of Rome. RASCOE: So how is Rome preparing for all these pilgrims ...

The pope is the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome. The title "pope" comes from the Greek word "pappas," meaning "father." The role of the pope dates back to Saint ...

The Jubilee Year of Hope, observed from December 2024 through December 2025, is drawing Catholic pilgrims from around the ...

Tensions have arisen between the mayor of Rome and the Roman Catholic Church over how the substantial amount of coins thrown into the city's iconic Trevi Fountain will be spent. Mayor Virginia ...

Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex ...

Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex ...