Vatican-based Nigerian Church leader Cardinal Francis Arinze has urged priests to avoid lengthy homilies, saying a homily should not be an exhibition of “theological acrobatics” but rather a ...

British and Irish bookmakers ranked Nigeria’s Cardinal Francis Arinze, Peter Turkson of Ghana and Canadian Marc Ouellet on Monday as favorites to lead the Roman Catholic Church, setting odds swiftly ...

The prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Francis Arinze, has written a new book entitled, “Letter to a Young Priest,” in which he ...

We don’t have a resident cardinal in Connecticut, where the Register is based. So it was a very special event last night at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., when Cardinal Francis ...

Holy Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends like beer or cake, said a former senior adviser to two popes. Nigerian Cardinal Francis ...

Following shocking revelations that Pope Benedict XVI will step down at the end of the month, speculation is already mounting around who will replace the short-lived current pope (I mean, he just ...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI means that the Papal Conclave must meet to choose a new leader for the 1.1 billion strong faith. With the members of the College of Cardinal arriving in Rome this ...

Cardinal Arinze noted the alarming trend of young people drifting from the Catholic faith, turning instead to African traditional religions and other superstitions. Cardinal Francis Arinze during the ...