Pope Francis has named a Maryland prelate to serve as Rhode Island’s new Roman Catholic bishop, the Vatican announced Tuesday ...

An Oklahoma man charged Friday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Catholic priest wrote letters to a newspaper railing against the Catholic Church reforms of Vatican II and referring ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter's Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday.

Every 25 years, believers from around the world flock to Rome to step through one of its four holy doors and have their sins ...

The major world religions emerged between approximately 600 BCE and 611 CE, with Judaism being the first, followed by Christianity and concluding with Islam, ...

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In 1095, Pope Urban II’s fiery speech at Clermont united Christendom in a call to arms—sparking the First Crusade and centuries of conflict. China big eater internet star Li Hangze admits to ...