Pope Leo XIII, the next pontiff, had a copy of the picture on his desk so that he might see it constantly during his working day. St. Pius X sent ... Gabriel and Michael were tunics of purple ...

American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts ...

Rising Afrobeat and Afro-pop sensation, St Michael, has revealed that a life-changing accident in 2024 reignited his passion for music, pushing him to pursue it fully. The Benin City-born artist ...

One out of four people living in Lebanon is a refugee, and the majority of children born in refugee camps are unregistered at ...

Faggioli concurred with Melloni’s assessment, but offered another parallel: Pope Leo XIII’s 1899 letter, Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae (“Witness to our Good Will”), warning US Catholics of ...

With the news this morning of Pope Francis being in the hospital, we invite all of our readers to pray for the Holy Father. Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday to ...

The Vatican has said the pope would remain in hospital as long as necessary for his treatment. Francis, who has been pontiff since 2013, has had influenza and other health problems several times ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to hospital on Friday, will miss his usual public appearance and weekly prayer with pilgrims on Sunday, the Vatican has said. Doctors have prescribed "absolute rest ...

The Vatican says it is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital and he will not lead Sunday’s Angelus prayer after he was admitted on Friday with a respiratory tract infection.

The Pope spent the afternoon alternating between ... meaning the spiritual leader was unable to deliver his regular Sunday prayer to pilgrims in St Peter's Square or lead a special mass for ...

It also said the pope had received Communion, a central part of Catholic worship, and had then "alternated his rest between prayer and reading". Gemelli hospital, Rome's largest, has a special ...