The Roman Catholic Church is on the brink of collapse, says James Carroll, a former priest, and he thinks that’s great news. Mr. Carroll, a research associate at Harvard University’s Divinity School, ...

Ever wonder how many popes there have been in the Catholic Church? With news of Pope Francis' health on the minds of many around the world, the line of papal succession has become a topic of ...

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with Sultan ...

It doesn’t take a theologist to see that “Immaculate” director Michael Mohan probably grew up a devout Catholic. His new horror movie stars Sydney Sweeney as a flung-from-innocence novice nun who ...

Recently released political prisoners and human rights activists testified before members of Congress Wednesday about the ongoing persecution in Nicaragua, which one witness called an “unholy war ...

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, until now. Cardinal Robert Prevost is originally from Chicago, and served as the head of the church's Dicastery for ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

"There was one weekend where we all brought in tapes and records of albums that we thought had satanic messages on them, and we burned them in effigy," Mohan said of the Catholic upbringing that ...

Among those to testify March 22 was Juan Sebastian Chamorro, a former presidential candidate opposed to the Ortega regime who detailed his arrest and imprisonment. Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan ...