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.

Kellerman discussed the history of the Catholic Church and the Society of Jesus’ involvement in the transatlantic slave trade at an event co-sponsored by the Boston College history department, the ...

Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born missionary and former Vatican official, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV and signaling a new era for the Catholic Church.

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn says the funeral of Pope Francis has allowed the world to see the “true universality” of the Catholic Church. “Today was an absolutely ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

VATICAN CITY, — 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 in a ...

HOUSTON — Faith is an important part of Black history in Houston. KHOU 11 News is profiling two Catholic churches who’ve left a spiritual impact in the Third and Fifth Wards.