Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic ... is not within the hierarchy of the Church,” she said, asking ...

we asked our readers to submit their views on the Catholic Church. Bill Fox (66), a retired clinical psychologist from Co Sligo, says he is “very proud to be a Roman Catholic in Ireland today”.

"Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations. Although the particular churches possess their own hierarchy ...

When the 133 cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday (May 7) to select the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... information from Catholic-Hierarchy.org, which publishes ...

The Philippines has the largest Roman Catholic population in Asia ... went underground to join the armed resistance. But the church hierarchy continued what it called "critical collaboration ...

The death of Pope Francis has brought the Roman Catholic Church to a familiar ... the degree of unity—or division—within the Church hierarchy. Lengthy deliberations, like those in the 13th ...