The Quiapo Church invited the Catholic faithful to take part in a mass honoring the late Pope Francis this Saturday. In a Super Radyo report on dzBB, Mao dela Cruz said the mass is to commemorate and ...

For Catholic fundamentalists, to break faith with the church hierarchy is to break faith with, well, the faith. A few separate from the church, either voluntarily or by ecclesiastical edict ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

"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 ...

beginning preparations to set a date for the secret conclave that will elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church. An announcement regarding the date could come around midday (1000 GMT ...

During the meeting, approximately 20 cardinals delivered addresses on “themes of particular relevance for the future of the Church,” according to the Holy See Press Office on Monday.

Today, the top official is an MIT grad who has spent a long career in management positions for Catholic universities and prominent institutions of the church. Tighter oversight brought new ...

The pope also defied ultra-conservative Catholics when he encouraged the church to be more welcoming of Catholic divorcees and same-sex couples. He regularly promoted women in the church.

MICHELLE WAKIM, REPORTER: After 12 years as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis died on Easter Monday 2025 at the age of 88. THE VATICAN: Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow ...

Women deacons could also bolster the church’s presence in schools, hospitals and prisons, along with providing leaders for Catholic communities. Church leaders in the Amazon, where priests are ...