For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass ...

The image of Trump as the pope just days after our revered Pope Francis died shows why he's a terrible model for morality.

The two statues depict the patron saints of police and firefighters and cost taxpayers $850,000.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Catholic Church is in the middle of what is called a Jubilee Year. Bishop Robert Marshall and Deacon Richard Mitchell, with the Diocese of Alexandria, are promoting this ...

Symbols teach us things through repetition ... the rich symbolism that goes into the election of a pope in the Roman Catholic Church. These include the colorful robes and pagentry of the Cardinals ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square to feature ancient rituals and new changes, marking the start of his pontificate.

Pope Leo XIV was inaugurated on Sunday before a crowd including world leaders and thousands of faithful gathered in St ...

I am a scholar who studies Roman Catholic theology and history. I am particularly interested in how popes exercise authority and leadership today, including their use of symbols. When Pope Francis ...

New York’s Catholic leaders have denounced President ... in a gesture that evokes Christ and other religious figures’ hand symbols in Christian iconography. Saturday Night Live‘s Colin ...