Religion News Service on MSN

History will be made when King Charles III prays with Pope Leo XIV. A future may be as well.

The moment is a milestone in reconciliation between Roman Catholics and Anglicans, in which the British monarchy has played a ...
Religion Dispatches

What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no certainty about who or what comes next. Rather than reflexively corralling ...
USA Today

What do Catholics believe? Pope chosen in conclave will lead one of the largest religions.

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...
The Best BBQ in St. Louis

A look back at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church

St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church started with promise in 1874, when the land around the new parish, in what is now the St. Louis Place neighborhood, was still rural. Within five years, the humble ...
The Vindicator

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...