The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into coercive control in religious contexts — this is an important step, ...

Saint Peter, originally named Simon, was renamed by Jesus to signify his foundational role in the Church—’You are Peter, and ...

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The pontiff led the Pro Ecclesia Mass with the cardinal electors. After speaking first in English, he read the text in ...

Televangelist Timothy Omotoso was arrested on 10 May 2025, a month after he was released from jail. The police said his ...

A B.C. woman filed a B.C. Supreme Court civil suit against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Tradition, reform, or something entirely new? The new pope’s choice of name will speak volumes before he says a word.

From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope's first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal ...

Marcellus II and his 16th-century predecessor Adrian VI (reigned 1522-1523) are the only popes since 996 to keep their given ...

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...