During the tenures of bishops RICHARD GILMOUR (1872-91) and IGNATIUS F. HORSTMANN (1892-1908), the Catholic population of Cleveland grew rapidly, primarily as a consequence of the flood of job-seeking ...

Mechelen, a town of 85,000 just north of Brussels is the Roman Catholic center of Belgium. It has two dozen churches, several huddled close to St. Rumbold’s cathedral with its UNESCO World ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Christopher White, Vatican correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, about what Pope Francis has achieved in the 10 years he's led the Catholic Church.

USA TODAY. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 88. Posted: April 21, 2025 | Last updated: April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the first pope born outside of Europe in over ...

Catholicism continued to grow outside Europe, too. Between 200 AD and 400 AD the Catholic population in north Africa grew from 100,000 to 1.6m because of urbanisation and missionary work.

The UK (and much of western Europe) ... of the Roman Catholic church-state. In England, on the other hand, King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in the 1530s, challenging ...

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