There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.

Early in his papacy, Francis made a declaration that now appears prophetic: “I want a mess.” ...

“He transcended religion. He really welcomed everyone to the church,” said Carl Sawejko, 67, who founded a telecommunications company in southern Massachusetts called Sawejko Enterprise ...

He’s right that some advocates of the Latin Mass have been divisive critics of the modern Church. Marcel Lefebvre, an archbishop who founded a traditionalist group called the Society of Saint ...

originally known as the Church of Christ, was founded between three groups of followers in Fayette, Manchester and Colesville, N.Y. In 1851, Portland, Ore., was founded. In 1896, the first modern ...

a Pentecostal church founded in Nigeria. The chapel is expecting about one thousand worshippers to arrive on Sunday, according to Shola Olisa, an administrator with the church. "Definitely ...

The Galatian church was founded by Paul during his first missionary journey probably around 46-47 CE with his assistant Barnabas. The various churches in Galatia were a mixture of Jewish and Greek ...

Pope Francis also urged unity among Syro-Malabar Catholics, whose India-based church was founded by St. Thomas the Apostle and has seen painful divisions over their synod's implementation of a uniform ...

Show more Francis later stopped in Statuary Hall, where he blessed the statue of Junipero Serra, the 18th century Spanish missionary who founded missions in what is now California. The pope then ...

He made internal abuse reporting mandatory within the Church and established an international commission to protect minors, although it suffered a raft of resignations. He convened a landmark 2019 ...

Billions are mourning Pope Francis, who died on April 21, and as people reflect of his life's work as the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church ... Loyola (1491-1556) founded the Roman Catholic ...