At the top of the Catholic Church's hierarchy is the pope. He is said to be the successor of the Apostle Peter, about whom Christ said, "You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church." ...

Commentary: Why the ‘Catholic Church’ is different than the ‘Catholic hierarchy’ (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis incenses the altar as he celebrates a Mass in St. Peter basilica ...

The Catholic Church is not simply the Catholic hierarchy — those with titles of bishop, or cardinal or pope. These individuals do control the levers of power and authority in the church, but the ...

Karen Brynildsen offers a pithy bit of advice that makes everyone in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church meeting room smile knowingly: “Sing the whole hymn!” That’s how Episcopalians… ...

Like Ruiz, she has previously cited making Church structures more participatory as a necessary step before Catholic doctrine and practice, including those related to questions about the priesthood ...

An official jurisdiction for members of the Church of England opting for full communion with the Catholic Church was established just in time to receive its first three priests on Saturday.

c. 2004 Religion News Service (Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola ...

The governing system of the Catholic Church is broken. It is rooted in the medieval feudal system, with the “all-knowing” king and ignorant peasants. Such a system uses secrecy, no ...

The Catholic Church needs to restore a synodal structure of governance and end its current form of highly centralized Vatican rule, said Fr. Helmut Schuller, leader of a group of Austrian priests ...

“Last year, the Catholic Church in France appealed for funds to save the building, which was crumbling,” according to the BBC. Flames and smoke rising from the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris ...

BUILDING A NEW CHURCH.; A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC STRUCTURE IN EAST FIFTY-FIFTH-STREET. Give this article Share full article. Nov. 9, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...