ANALYSIS: Building on previous initiatives with Vietnam’s communist regime, Pope Francis’ recent gestures of dialogue have ...

The Church is highlighting the fact that the purpose behind the Immaculate Conception was precisely to prepare Mary for this ...

(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Hugh Grant poses for a portrait to promote the film “Heretic,” Oct. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP, File) FILE - ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Following King Charles's coronation, public institutions across the UK were offered a free, framed portrait of the King wearing the Royal Navy uniform. They could request the portrait—a photo ...

Pope Francis, with bruises visible on his neck and chin, led a Dec. 7 consistory elevating 21 new prelates. He has now named ...

Of the 140 cardinal electors, 110 have been created by Pope Francis, 24 by Pope Benedict XVI, and six by St. John Paul II. At the end of the year, on Dec. 24, Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias ...

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ROME – Two clerics in Italy, one formerly a diocesan priest and the other a member of a religious order, have been sanctioned recently for the crime of schism, as both have publicly argued that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican ...

He followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first to introduce electric cars in the papal garage. In 2020, Japanese bishops gifted Pope Francis an eco ...