The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13 ...

VATICAN: In the twelfth year of his pontificate, Pope Francis marked several key events for the Catholic Church, during which ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis remains in the hospital this week, with a respiratory tract infection that doctors are describing as a "complex clinical situation." Despite this, the pontiff has kept ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... entrusted to the pastoral government of the Roman pontiff, the divinely appointed successor ...

The expatriate community is small but shares a special bond with Francis, who has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

Dickson Tanda has rescued dozens of women and children who have been tortured following sorcery related accusations.