The Gregorian calendar, followed across most of the parts of world today, was introduced more than 400 years ago by Pope ...

ROME (WHTM) — By the 1500s the Catholic Church was suffering a crisis of bad timing, dating from well back before the beginning of Christianity. When Rome was founded back on April 21, 753 B.C.E.

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena ...

ATLANTA — Catholics around the world continue to mourn the loss of the Church's leader, after Pope Francis died Easter Monday. The death of the 88-year-old pontiff, who led the world's nearly 1.5 ...

After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as cardinals determine who will next lead the Catholic Church. Following the ...

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory gestures as he speaks at The Catholic University of America in Washington Dec. 6, 2033, to discuss the need for a diverse and welcoming church. The cardinal ...

The most senior figures of the Catholic Church in the coming days will arrive in Italy and lock themselves in the Vatican for the papal conclave – the highly secretive process by which the next ...

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory speaks during the Feb. 5, 2023, Mass for Black History Month at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Church in Washington in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, ...

ATLANTA — Catholics around the world continue to mourn the loss of the Church's leader, after Pope Francis died Easter Monday. The death of the 88-year-old pontiff, who led the world's nearly 1.5 ...