For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said that the Catholic Church “thinks in centuries,” but when the life of the pope is in jeopardy,
What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis' age and prolonged illness have raised questions about whether he might resign, and revived interest about how papal power is exercised.
Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - Progress is being made to an addition at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Chippewa Falls. Last August, the church tore down its convent to make room for an annex to the Goldsmith Adoration Chapel.
Msgr. James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, addresses the 20th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28, 2025. (photo: EWTN News / EWTN)
This small park used to be home to the first Catholic Church for African Americans west of Baltimore, served by the first openly Black priest.