All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire ... As ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

The funeral of Pope Francis — the world’s first Argentinean pontiff — will be held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics around ...

The camerlengo will oversee the transition into the new papacy, including preparing the conclave that will select the next ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...