The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

News about Roman Catholic Church, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The area around Lake Albano has been a favourite getaway for Roman rulers since the time of the Emperor Domitian in the first ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations.

A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...

Christian groups on Monday (June 30) called on Italy to broaden religious freedoms to protect a wider range of church ...

A listed church that sits in the shadow of a cathedral has been put up for sale for £600,000.The Trinity United Reformed ...

These days, the nuns of Bologna are part of an uncomfortable countdown in Italy and the rest of the Roman Catholic world. Every week, it seems, there are fewer nuns, fewer convents with full ...

Patsy McGarry reports from Rome as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet in conclave today, to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass ...

The three-day celebration of the centenary, dubbed “Frassati Days,” drew pilgrims from the United States, Poland, and ...

Construction is underway at Saint Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic School in midtown Phoenix for a new, long-awaited building.