Most Americans would think of the award-winning 1973 supernatural horror film when they hear about an exorcist. But according to the Roman Catholic Church, exorcism is not the stuff of Hollywood—it's ...

Pope Benedict XVI will modify the Good Friday prayers used in the Tridentine Mass that generated protests from Jewish leaders who found the prayers offensive, the Jerusalem Post reports. In July Pope ...

Latin American Catholics were scheduled to hold special prayers for Haiti on Friday, as the Caribbean nation suffers a plague of violence. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported three Latin American ...

ROME – Amid a broad spectrum of reactions unleashed by Fiducia Supplicans, a new Vatican document permitting non-liturgical blessings of same-sex couples, Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church has become ...

Is Pope Benedict XVI determined to restore the Latin mass that many Roman Catholics thought had been consigned to the dustbin of history? The answer, in short, is both yes and no. But neither the "yes ...

The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, expressed love and support for Pope Francis and said the fervent prayers of the faithful can become the pure air the pontiff needs as he battles double ...

A traditional Latin Mass, attended by around 200 priests, was celebrated with papal permission on Oct. 25 in St. Peter’s ...