After three doctors fell in love with a fresco by Fra Angelico, they pledged to restore it so it could get its due when a ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Father Ronald Anthony Timoner as the new bishop of the Diocese of Pagadian in the ...

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Cardinals, priests, nuns and Italian and Polish civil authorities marked the 20th anniversary of the death of St.

The April 1–2 conference in Rome brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to the Pontifical ...

According to Pope Francis, the first Jesuit head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, "The capacity for empathy leads to a genuine encounter - we have to progress toward ...

As a medievalist, I appreciate Francis’ contrasting approach: A religious leader who embraces history and scholarship, and ...

The French philosopher and the Argentinian pontiff understood the dangers of being uprooteded from culture and collectivities ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gives his homily during a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors ...

One of the pope's greatest achievements will have been his engagement with the humanities and humanity — with a deep ...