A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts will next week begin excavating and trying to identify the remains of around 800 infants who died at an Irish church-run home for unmarried ...

An estimated 10,000 Korean Catholics were killed for their faith in bouts of persecution that lasted about 100 years ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. | (AP Photo ...

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic Church chooses its next pope after a previous pope dies or retires. Here’s what you need to know about the process.

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

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.

ope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

The Roman Catholic Church must embrace LGBTQ+ people ... The evolution of same sex marriage has moved rapidly over the last 50 years and has changed more than in the long history of condemning ...

There have been 266 popes in the history of the Catholic Church, starting with St. Peter in 32 A.D.

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican ...

A History of the Diocese of Cleveland (1980). Work Projects Admin., Ohio Historical Records Survey Project. Parishes of the Catholic Church, Diocese of Cleveland, History and Records (1942). See also ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican ...