Roman worship was divided into the public and the private. Families would honor their household spirits while Rome had colleges of official priests to ensure that its actions met with divine ...

The official version of the Roman Missal is called the Latin Typical Edition ... been handed down to us over the centuries by the Catholic Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...