Metropolitans are picked by the Pope from a list given by a synod ... the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between the churches in Rome and Constantinople in 1054, many ...

In medieval churches, hierarchy was inverted every New ... that April Fools’ Day could have gotten its start in ancient Rome, with Hilaria, which was a day of joy marking the end of an annual ...

Jesus looked intently at Peter for a moment and then said, "You are Simon, John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

The diocese will be opening its parishes and homes to travelers — especially for the Jubilee of Teenagers, which will ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter ...

The second, and even more significant, move toward reverence was turning ad orientem, that is, the priest at the altar facing ...

That result, Yep said, is a wake-up call for the Catholic Church hierarchy from America to Rome. "They've gotten a lot of attacks from different Catholic bishops at times for just trying to ...

It was a close call, but Francis’ emergence from Gemelli Hospital ensures that implementation of the synod on synodality's ...