The conclave’s choice does not have to be a priest, at least when elected. Like St. Peter himself, Leo X, one of the de’ ...

Born Isaac Thottunkal, he chose the name of Clement of Alexandria as bishop. Major Archbishop since 2007, created cardinal by ...

An estimated 600 to 700 people at the 22nd annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... of the rites of the West and the East. The eastern rites which have a separate code of ...

We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...

Dancers from the Chinese Catholic Community of New Jersey participate in the call to prayer featuring sacred songs and ...

head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, an Eastern rite church in communion with Rome, told Religion News Service as he left a pre-conclave meeting of cardinals on Monday (May 5).

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite ... The Eastern Churches maintain a lively awareness of the unity of Christian initiation by giving Holy Communion to all the newly ...