The Dark History of How the Catholic Church Built Its Massive Wealth

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...
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 ...
Midland Daily News on MSN

Throwback: Roman Catholic history began in Midland home

THROWBACK: St. Brigid Catholic church, an English Gothic structure, was dedicated on Palm Sunday, April 6, 1941.
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 ...
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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 ...