ANALYSIS: Catholic aesthetics have captivated both believers and nonbelievers worldwide, sparking a renewed admiration for ...

Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops ...

The late Pope Francis opened the way for women in the Roman Catholic Church to serve as readers and altar servers, and to ...

In his first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit ...

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

While millions are leaving the organized Christian faiths, they’re not abandoning spirituality. Instead, they’re seeking ...

So the grave distribution showed us also where the altar area, the formal area ... "So it truly is the founding place of the modern Catholic Church in the United States." "But it's also a symbol ...

Other key updates include: • A redesigned sanctuary, featuring marble accents to enhance the altar ... hues in the church’s stained-glass windows while bringing a fresh and modern feel to ...

The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... They approach the altar one by one and ...