A June 20, 1977, note written by Pope Paul VI questions whether an invitation should be issued to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X to reconcile with the church.

This screengrab shows Father Alessandro Minutella of Palermo, Italy, (left) and an undated photo of Father Ramon Guidetti of Livorno as they speak on the web radio program Radio Domina Nostra Jan. 2, ...

ROME — An Italian Catholic priest who considers Pope Francis an antipope and claims to have supernatural communications with angels, saints and the Madonna has been excommunicated. The archdiocese of ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope. The Papal Conclave 2025 will start on Wednesday, May 7, with a A total of 133 ...

Michael W. Higgins is vice-president of Mission and Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. Today (March 13), Francis has reached the second anniversary of his election as ...

he ousted leader refused to relent to reality. Set against a backdrop of avarice and inequality and persistent sickness, distrust and misrule, the leader exploited and exacerbated societal unrest to ...

Q: From time to time, I have seen the term "antipope." It is also used to describe several persons on a list of popes from the beginning of the Catholic Church. I don't understand the term. I've asked ...

Blessed Paul VI, pictured in 1967 before departing for Istanbul. (Credit: CNS files/courtesy Pan American Airways.) Listen ROME — Confronting a rebel archbishop’s accusations and acts of defiance was ...

The Papal Conclave 2025 will start on Wednesday, May 7, with a A total of 133 cardinals from different countries meeting inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to choose the next pope, successor of ...