Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...

There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic ... the Catholic Church. Justified by faith in Baptism ...

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...

The celebration of Easter and Christmas, the two greatest solemnities, continues for eight days, with each octave governed by ...

The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land.

The celebration on 6 January is held in commemoration both of the holy birth of Jesus Christ (Nativity) and his baptism (Theophany) and is known as “Surb Tsnund” (Holy Birth and Revelation). This date ...

The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the British Isles ... experience of ecumenical relations between the Armenian and Catholic Churches, in particular the visit of Pope John Paul II ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, preaches at Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation at the inauguration of the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land on De ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

26:26–28), the Water of Baptism (John 3:5), the Apostolic Commission (John 20:19–23), and other incidents which given more literal construction form the basis of Catholic sacramental theology.

These historical differences have led to different positions and perspectives between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches ... to the Antiochians, the Apostolic Constitution of the Holy ...

The word “catholic” describes (not defines) that church which maintains apostolic (of or related ... of faith required of all believers before baptism, a confession acknowledging that ...