Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic ...

(RNS) — The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic Church’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, or “Gaudium et Spes,” the most impactful Second Vatican Council ...

About 282 men, women and children from the Diocese of Youngstown will attend the Rite of Election service led by Bishop David ...

The College of Cardinals will convene on May 7th at the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis' successor. Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity, differing from other branches primarily in ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV on Friday named Bishop Richard Moth as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales with about 6 million Catholics. Moth, 67, will replace Cardinal Vincent ...

(RNS) — The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV. (RNS) — The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic ...