Others may recognize his special authority, but deny Apostolic Succession, the passing on of this office by the Church. This challenge for a Catholic ... where St. Paul rebukes St. Peter (Cephas ...

Grimaldi) More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and Vatican City today (April 26) to pay tribute to Pope Francis, the charismatic leader of the Catholic Church who electrified ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John ... of the Church of Rome as “heir to a great history, grounded in the witness of Peter, Paul, and countless ...

This priest who was canonized by Pope St. Paul VI the same ... known doctor of the Church! Michelle Laque Johnson is director of communications at the EWTN Global Catholic Network and author ...

In terms of important days in the history of the U.S. Catholic church, “this is number one. Zsofia and Miklos Biro had just wandered into St. Peter’s ... Pope John Paul I accepted the honor ...

The day after his election as head of the Catholic Church ... Paul II, took eight. Francis was elected on the fifth ballot in 2013. Thousands of Catholics as well as curious onlookers in St Peter ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

The formal inauguration Mass - for the first U.S. pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church - will be held in St. Peter's Square ... basilicas -- St. Paul Outside the Walls ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica ... one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. Earlier this year, Francis elevated ...

Thousands cheered in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday when white ... Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was ...