The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

World-renowned church covers up artworks by priest accused of abuse - The mosaics will no longer be visible at one of the ...

Religious life is full of lessons that shape and transform us over time. This month, we asked panelists: What is something ...

Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks battling pneumonia ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

A silent horror film with a spiritual lesson? The sacramental meaning hidden in Nosferatu is worth a closer look.

Michelangelo’s dome, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade and the ancient tomb of the apostle Peter have been recreated within ...

Pope John Paul II, who later became St. John Paul II, blesses a baby during an annual baptism liturgy in the Vatican’s ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are going ahead with the state visit to Italy and the Vatican, including plans ... history and culture". That includes Italian food - and as a warm-up to the ...

The Vatican released on Sunday the first photograph of Pope Francis in a month, showing the pontiff in a view from behind wearing a purple stole – typical of Lenten liturgical vestments – and ...

Liberation theologies became prominent following the Second Vatican Council, presided over by Pope John Paul XXIII and Pope Paul VI, who advocated for a church that dealt not in abstract faith but ...

Located in the Vatican’s Secret Archives and discovered in 1590 by Benedictine monk Arnold Wion, "The Prophecy of the Popes" is making headlines due to a prophecy that ties with Pope Francis ...