See scenes from the June 22 blessing and dedication of the historic papal cross—first erected for Pope St. John Paul II’s ...

The Catholic Roman Missal book says, according to the Seminary, "In the Dioceses of the United States, the practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from [the fifth] Sunday [of ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Friday with cardinals.

The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 16th ... Old Slavonic rather ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, ... Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died aged 88 on April 21.