But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.' Reflection on the ...

Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

Before he became Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a devotee of La Virgen Desatanudos — Mary the untier of ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died this morning at the age of 88, the Vatican ...

His public persona may have been the humble and patient father figure, but Francis spent his 12 years as pope reorganizing the Vatican bureaucracy — the Roman curia — with more than a touch of ...

For National Pretzel Day on April 26 you can get a free pretzel at places like Auntie Anne's, Philly Pretzel Factory and ...

The devotion, highly recommended by the Church, was developed during the Crusades when the knights ... the greatest examples of medieval Christian art. Some scholars believe that medieval miracle ...

France’s Roman Catholic Church is scheduled to baptize ... providing large numbers of soldiers for the Crusades and constructing many notable churches. However, beginning with the violent ...

The test of these changes. — some of which were only finalized three years ago — will come in the closed-door power brokering that goes on around the conclave, which will elect a new pope. The process ...