Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church — said that two weeks ago, the government "informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to ...

The Episcopal Church said Monday it would not help resettle white South African refugees in the U.S. because of its “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” The denomination cited its moral ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and against the rich and powerful as he presided over his first Mass as leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics on Friday, and called ...

Pope Leo XIV is the 267th head of the Catholic Church. He’s also a class of ‘77 alumnus of Villanova University, which is run by the Order of St. Augustine. Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost speaks ...

“I would also like to thank all my brother cardinals who have chosen me to be the successor of Peter and to walk together with you as a united church ... Thursday when white smoke poured ...

“Together, we must try to find out how to be a missionary church, a church that builds bridges, establishes dialogue, that’s always open to receive — like on this piazza with open arms ...

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Smithtown and Village of the Branch have been embroiled in a yearlong legal dispute over the denial of a church-sponsored festival featuring mechanical rides.

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the ...

Using smoke to communicate to the public whether a new pope has been elected is somewhat a recent tradition for the Catholic Church ... of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative ...

People from all over the world will be watching the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for black or white smoke as the cardinals' votes are burned and a signal is sent to the public.

The final vote of the day should be around 7 p.m. local time and would result in smoke regardless — white for a new pope, black otherwise. Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church shut the doors ...