Also, in response to Kennedy’s concern that the Catholic Church may collapse faster than the London Bridge, I remind him that “hierarchy” also means that the church has a sacred origin.

It is time to stop using the term “Catholic Church” as a synonym for “Catholic hierarchy.” We all do it. “The church teaches such and such.” “The church lobbied against gay marriage ...

Timothy Shriver’s March 1 op-ed, “The Vatican needs a mystic,” was inspiring. Mr. Shriver’s solution to the Catholic Church’s loss of spiritual bearings was to sound a call for the ...

The Catholic Church is not simply the Catholic hierarchy — those with titles of bishop, or cardinal or pope.

From my perspective as a Catholic scholar of religion, one of the challenges in tackling this issue is the hierarchy of the church itself. It is still difficult to hold high-ranking clerics ...

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis.

After all the councils, hoopla, promises and panels, nothing has changed in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

The website, which includes both current and historical data for the Church’s hierarchy, had 612,000 visits and 1.3 million page views in a recent 30-day period.

A crucifix is seen in Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 4, 2021. The next day, a report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France was released, showing there had been 3,000 ...

The article explains the Catholic Church's hierarchy and the process of selecting a new pope after the death of Pope Francis.