Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, a native of the Dominican Republic, to succeed Bishop Gerald ...

Richard Moth becomes Bishop of Westminster, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols who is retiring.

Barry Dean, a native of Wetumpka, met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican last week and received an apostolic blessing for the ...

Armenia is facing its gravest church-state clash since gaining independence, as tensions continue to grow between Prime ...

New head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is appointed by Pope Leo - The new Archbishop previously served as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Southwark in south London ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we ...

A Church sui iuiris is a distinct community of faithful within a rite of the Church. For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one Armenian, ...

People and wealth moved along the pilgrimage routes of Europe, sparking the building of Romanesque churches to welcome travelers and house holy relics. The eight-sided bell tower of the Basilica of ...