Discover the breathtaking Italian garden known as 'The Pope's Playground,' which combines the beauty of nature with wonderful historic pieces of art.

Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected ...

The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

"The history of Peter and Paul shows us that the communion to which the Lord calls us is a unison of voices and personalities ...

At his second Priestly Ordination since his Papal Inauguration, during which, as Pope, he ordained the first African Deacons ...

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John Paul II called him ‘the saint of ordinary life,’ but we could also name him the apostle of the ...

Contemporary gifts made by Indigenous artists carry the legacy of colonisation. The ethics of gift exchange need to be discussed more openly — which might include public discussion about how and why ...

Nicholas gave sick people bread to eat and offered prayers for the Blessed Mother’s intercession for healing. Marian Legacy Pope Leo XIV’s predecessor Leo XIII also had a strong devotion to Mary.

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to be elected as the Holy ...

By Ruth Graham and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs. Reporting from Chicago. Published May 15, 2025 Updated May 19, 2025; ... When Pope John Paul II visited the United States in 1979, ...

Even Tsar Nicholas II, who had a representative at the papal court, appealed to the Holy See for help with the 1898 Hague Peace Congress. On his own account, Leo XIII was highly aware of the ...

There was one problem, however. After pope Nicholas II promulgated his papal bull, In nomine Domini, which formalised the College of Cardinals as the electoral body for papal elections, the ...