Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, presided over the Divine Liturgy and the ...

The ceremony was the first local ordination in the era of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on May 8, succeeding ...

Priests were often given shelter in the large houses of determined Catholics called recusants because they refused to attend ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here's what you need to k ...

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is one of the most important celebrations ...

An incredibly tiny island in the middle of a beautiful Italian lake is one of the best destinations in Europe. Isola San ...

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Tucked just behind the Pantheon is a tailor with a big claim: They dress the pope.

Rome, Italy – For the princes of the Catholic Church, as cardinals are referred to, the conclave is not just about electing a pope. It is also about restocking wardrobes. In recent days, many ...

Catholicism does not allow women to become priests - a principle confirmed ... The 'Room of Tears' where the new pope will don the white vestments for the first time. Pic: Vatican Media/Reuters ...

From their language to their vestments and rituals ... This is why while the other priests were all dressed in red cloaks, Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad attended Pope Francis' funeral in a ...

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at the Vatican but at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where before and ...