Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church. He identified AI as one of the ...

Francis brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

During the early centuries of Christianity, three classes of ordained minsters came about to lead and serve Christian communities: bishops, priests and deacons. Bishops supervised local church ...

A new American alliance of Christian denominations may soon begin ... of talks between the American Protestant team 1 Presiding Bishop John E. Hines of the Episcopal Church; Bishop James K.

United Methodist Bishop Richard Wilke, who died Sunday at 94, was known by millions of people worldwide whose deeper understanding of the Bible is thanks to his written and ahead-of-their-time ...

“As a pastor in the early 1980s, I became aware how isolated and lonely people were becoming and how ignorant they were of the Bible,” recounted Wilke in an interview years ago. “Then one day, after I ...

Jesse Romero, a Catholic podcaster based in Phoenix, Arizona, says the time has come for a “Trump-like pope” who will restore traditional Christian ... “There are bishops who have marched ...

The evolution of the papacy reflects broader shifts in Christian religious and political life. In early Christianity, bishops collectively led the Church, but the bishop of Rome gradually gained ...