The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...

At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and the sanctuary. Catholic practice followed. That the altar rails also served ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church ... there were bishops, priests, monks and nuns. In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head ...

barely 15% of priests ordained since 2020 described themselves as even middle of the road, while 85% described themselves as either conservative or very conservative. In the Catholic Church ...

As cardinals meet to elect a new pontiff, Euronews spoke to senior Catholic figures from the ... Inside sits Father Rafic Abouna, the Church’s priest for over three decades, and the former ...

Catholicism did not begin as a “white” faith. Born on the eastern rim of the Mediterranean, it spread through the trading routes and legions of the Roman ...

The only certainty surrounding the election of the new pope is that he will be a man, and that's a tradition unlikely to change soon.

A papal conclave, following a strict canonical procedure, takes its natural course after the death of a pope and the election.

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...

Kim Daniels, the director of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought ... their presence in the early church right up until the Middle Ages. Women deacons could also bolster ...

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88.