The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church." ...

15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death and so ... the Church 1226 From the very day of Pentecost the Church has celebrated and ...

VATICAN CITY - Roman Catholic cardinals will hold a conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. The date of the conclave will be ...

The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev’d Dr. Henry Ndukuba, has extended condolences to the Roman Catholic Church following the passing of Pope Francis, who died on ...

Rather than reflexively corralling the cardinals into a Conclave to elect his successor, I propose a wholesale institutional reset to maximize the Roman Catholic Church’s ... important role for a pope ...

Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, dies after serving almost 12 years Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88 due to a stroke and cardiac ...

In 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope. In 2013, a building that housed clothing factories collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 people.

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church was as unlikely as it was unprecedented.

Pope Francis' coffin was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on April 25, ahead of his funeral on Saturday. A changing of the guards at Francis’ open coffin signaled the end of the viewing period of ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, which includes Catholic parishes in Tulare County, issued a memorandum of protocols and procedures to its clergy, parishes, schools, and staff following the ...

While Francis’ funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view ...