Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV for the first time. 1349: 900 Jews are burned alive ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the walk to Canossa, the birth of George Beverly Shea, and the death of James Caughey.

Some quotations stay with a person always. I've waited many years to use this one, and the time is ripe. In the year 1085, Pope Gregory VII, an important church reforming figure, was exiled in Salerno ...

This is the final column submitted by Gerry O'Shea who passed away last month after a short illness. Over the course of many ...

The pope could wake up tomorrow and allow priests ... great reforming popes like Leo IX and Gregory VII insisted that henceforth the priesthood would be celibate. This decision greatly ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weighed in after Pope Francis called Trump's mass deportation program a "major crisis." ...

This is not the way to solve things,” Francis said during the Sunday interview. The Pope has made advocacy for migrants a key part of his papacy, insisting they should be welcomed and integrated ...

Defending the rights of Indigenous people is a matter of justice and a way to guarantee a sustainable future for everyone, Pope Francis said in a message on Monday. “Land, water, and food are ...

When a pope dies, or more rarely resigns (Francis's direct predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first to step down since Gregory XII in 1415), the college of cardinals gathers in the Vatican to ...

Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says. In a statement, the Holy See press office said that due to a fall Thursday morning in ...