The Social Security Fairness Act hopes to bring more benefits to retirees and government employees in 2025. President Donald ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

“Now I’m so respectable, I could puke,” he said. “I remember when I was condemned by the Catholic Church — how happy that made me. And when I based whole ad campaigns on terrible reviews.

Pope Telesphorus is attributed with introducing Midnight Mass at Christmas and ... excommunicated from the Church. When Pope Hyginus died he was buried next to St. Peter’s tomb on Vatican Hill. The ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England ... known only to members of the Church. Each element in the carol has ...

Rather than reflexively corralling the cardinals into a Conclave to elect his successor, I propose a wholesale institutional reset to maximize the Roman Catholic Church’s usefulness. Francis’ agenda ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, dies after serving almost 12 years Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88 due to a stroke and cardiac ...

VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals will hold a conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. The date of the conclave ...