One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church ... In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head of the church, had a huge influence over ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

The nation's Catholic permanent deacons were estimated to number more than 20,000 in 2024 -- but "as is the case with priests ...

ROME — Pope Francis, the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium ... war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. There, he denounced the "globalization ...

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... the Middle East and the United ...

Where St. Monica Roman Catholic Church used to be is now a small park ... square-block site with the St. Monica site right in the middle. Half a century later, Stateway Gardens and other parts ...