Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches have made to remain faithful to the successor of St. Peter.

The dove decides - In 236, the Christian community of Rome was debating potential ... The blessing was a mixed one for Fabian ...

A History of Sex and Christianity —the kind of hefty tome inevitably described as “magisterial” by reviewers—teems with ...

There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. A picture shows a Catholic cardinal sealing Pope Francis' residence ...

The bishops in charge of churches in Berkshire and politicians have mourned the passing of Pope Francis, who died on Easter ...

Francis leaves behind him a church still divided, but radically transformed. pope-francis-obit-dead-vatican-conclave ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

However, the local authorities refused Nur the martyr status reserved for the fallen ... At the time of his death, Nur was a 10th-grade madrasa student preparing to sit for the Dakhil exam.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has awarded a death sentence to a Christian man for committing blasphemy and implicating two fellow Christians in a false (blasphemy) case that caused an anti ...

LAHORE - A Christian man accused of blasphemy in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala will appeal against a death sentence handed down by an anti-terrorism court, his lawyer said on Saturday ...