Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

French King Charles VII (1403-1461), who successfully ended the Hundred Years War and issued a decree aimed at curbing papal influence in France.

World News Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board Verny, 59, replaces American Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the retired archbishop of Boston.

Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shunned ...

During the celebration, Pope Leo XIV revived the ancient tradition of personally imposing the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.

According to the master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Pope Leo will be both blessing and personally imposing the pallia on the archbishops.

MANILA – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Filipino De La Salle Brother and former Education Secretary Armin Luistro as among the 19 new members of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and ...

“The Chosen” star Jonathan Roumie met briefly with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a general audience at the Vatican, where a Season 5 episode of the hit biblical series had streamed on ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority -- and called for “transparent processes” to ...