Catholic nuns ran an institution there between 1925 and 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and ...

But he was moved to look into Catholicism after watching a buzzy online debate between a Catholic and a Protestant creator, Cameron Bertuzzi, about church history.

Within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed by bishops, priests, and sometimes deacons, but as in many other religions, anyone ...

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and ...

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office of bishops.

Thomas Bokenkotter’s “A Concise History of the Catholic Church” is a comprehensive yet accessible overview of one of the world’s most influential religious institutions.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and dissected for its many layers of meaning.

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and ...

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and ...