Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

The preparation for ordination to the priesthood is a long journey of seven to eight years. The major points of emphasis are ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the liturgy ... Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard ...

In Pope Francis’ 2022 apostolic letter Desiderio Desideravi (On the Liturgical Formation of the People of God), he made a striking call for deeper reverence in the liturgy. He wrote ...

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...

Downloads of the 2024 film have surged since the death of Pope Francis—but in the 16th and 17th century, it was etchings that ...

The display acts as a tribute and also a signal that the Catholic Church, and the culture and businesses that surround it, ...

Catholics across Minnesota reacted with surprise and excitement after Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, was ...

The pope of the Roman Catholic Church is said to sit on the Throne of St. Peter; the successor of the man to whom Jesus Christ said, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I shall build My Church, and ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy reciting the entirety of the Catholic Mass in ...

The Liturgy Wars Another major debate concerns Catholic liturgy. Tensions have grown around the use of the traditional Latin Mass as opposed to the modern vernacular Mass. Pope Francis angered ...