In a Feb. 5 telegram to Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, the Holy Father said he is deeply saddened by the incident ...

Women, meanwhile, are unable to be ordained in the Catholic Church at all. For hundreds of years, and persisting to this day, a medieval tale has been told time and time again of a woman who sat on ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval ... as Pope Innocent IV—who gifted several precious textiles to the Benedictine convent church of ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Pope Francis has called the Catholic Church in India a “beacon of hope,” and urged Indian bishops to prioritize the poor and the vulnerable in their ministry while encouraging them to open wide the ...

Pope Francis recently appointed ... the head of a conservative Catholic political group, as ambassador to the Vatican. As a specialist on medieval Catholicism, I am aware of the important roles ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter ...

But since the Middle Ages, every pope has been selected from the College ... serves as a means of selecting the leader of the Catholic Church, but also reflects broader power dynamics within ...

Today the majority of Catholics admit to using artificial contraceptives, even though the Popes have condemned contraception (e.g. Humane vitae, Catechism of the Catholic Church 2370, 2399).

Pope Francis has announced that Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old web designer who died in 2006, will be canonized as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandals ...

Pope Francis addressed the increasing challenges caused by violence in the Middle East with members of the Syriac Catholic Church, urging them to work alongside other churches to find solutions.