The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic ... pre-baptismal anointing with the oil of catechumens signifies cleansing and strengthening; the anointing of the sick expresses ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic ... and Anointing of the sick or dying.

WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HIT IN 2020, THIS IMAGE OF THE POPE BLESSING THE WORLD FROM AN EMPTY ST. PETER'S SQUARE BECAME A SYMBOL FOR THAT ... throughout the Catholic community across the ...

Tears mixed with smiles as a dense crowd flocked to the requiem mass for the pope at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

His body will go into a zinc-lined, wooden coffin instead of the triplicate coffins of the past (cypress, lead and oak). It will bypass the private viewing for church officials in the Apostolic Palace ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis. With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of ...

Francis, 88, was the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, and his tenure was marked by taking new, if measured, steps for the Catholic Church. Francis expanded the roles of women in the ...

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic Church chooses its next pope after a previous pope dies or retires. Here’s what you need to know about the process.

"His election in 2013 will be seen as a kind of tectonic shift in the life of the Church," Michael Sean Winters, a longtime writer for the National Catholic Reporter told Newsweek. Upon his ...

Pope Francis greeted the faithful around the world for the last time from St. Peter’s Basilica on the most important day for Christians: Easter, the heart and foundation of the Catholic faith ...

“I think he will be remembered for opening up the Catholic Church in ways in which it had never been before,” he said. “Synodality, which is allowing more lay participation in the governance ...