The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

Deacon Zak Santiago said that while the May 13 Mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral was a celebration of Miller’s 18-year legacy and his 50 years of priesthood, “there is a tender melancholy as we say ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

VATICAN CITY — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary born in Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...