To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Pope Leo XIV has stepped into the position of leader of the Catholic Church at a time when the church in the United States is ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

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COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

Under a strong spring sun, hundreds of men processed past ancient Roman ruins carrying statues of the crucified Christ and ...

Many know the years before the Renaissance and Enlightenment that followed as Europe’s “Dark Ages,” a time ... people absent from Middle Age societies. Though the Catholic Church taught ...

Bromfield baseball heads into the postseason with a 16-2 record and a big reason for that is contributions from four members ...

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

More than 30,000 people took part in the “Hee Hee Hee” Youth Festival in Seoul from May 9 to 11, a large-scale, youth-led ...

If a pleasant and cordial personality is a reliable indication, the Roman Catholic Church can look forward to calmer days ...