The pope marked the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii with an invitation to prayer.

Giacomo Puccini, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” has been called the world’s most popular ...

Uriel features prominently in Catholic mysticism, even if the Vatican hasn't ... representing God's justice. He's also the patron saint of the arts and sciences — a kind of Judeo-Christian Prometheus.

Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” a 2024 adaptation of the novel of the same name, provides a thrilling, fictionalized rendition of ...

That would be due in part to changes in the culture, as well as the effervescence of egalitarian (and mildly anticlerical) antipathy for the sometimes-exaggerated respect for clergy before the Second ...

Tourists are upset with the tiny makeshift pool at the Trevi Fountain which has been drained for cleaning ahead of the ...

ROME — When director Paolo Sorrentino’s hit series “The Young Pope” debuted in 2016, it took the Vatican a year to grudgingly ...

Christians should make a practice each night of identifying signs of hope, even small ones, that came their way during the ...

Without that accountability, we too often use God and the Bible as a way to point to our own concerns or interests. We offer a distorted image of God who looks suspiciously like us. This God supports ...

Pope Francis is just a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, and plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican. Meanwhile, just across town in Rome, 'Conclave' a thriller filled with ...

In the Vatican, the super Synod concluded after a ... The Assembly also invites greater attention to the language and images used in preaching, teaching, catechesis, and the drafting of official ...