ROME -- The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

Since the election of Pope Leo XIV took place when it was night in China, the Xinhua news agency reported in the early morning the reaction of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA ...

The 300 students at Nativity Catholic School, along with millions around the world, watched Thursday's announcement of Pope Leo XIV from the Vatican. RELATED | DMV leaders react to the ...

China’s two government-backed Catholic groups, the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China, also sent their congratulations ...

Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary ... Today, “there are many settings in which the Christian faith is ...

“In this context, the relationship between the Christian East and West acquires ... news agency Xinhua reported on Friday that the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the Bishops ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary ... Today, “there are many settings in which the ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman ...

The head of the Catholic Church (also called the Roman Catholic Church) worldwide is the Pope, who lives in Vatican City.

BEIJING: As the Catholic world awaits a conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, the so-called official Church in China has organized priests in two dioceses to elect two bishops. On April 28, the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the state of Washington's new law that could require priests to violate the Catholic Church's prohibition ... "A member of the clergy, ...