Since the days of Pope Wojtyla, an accomplished skier, swimmer, and trekker, the Vatican had not seen a Successor of Peter as ...

Historically, few institutions have more staunchly opposed the legalization of gay marriage than the Catholic Church. Even ...

From the Pilgrims' Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that closes the "Caravaggio 2025" ...

More of Caravaggio’s religious paintings are in chapels downtown Rome. The Conversion of Saul, an early version of which is ...

Renaissance writers reassessed their history, inventing terms like the Dark Ages — to the eternal chagrin of medievalists — ...

The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the ...

Deffenbaugh hopes Pope Leo will continue the trajectory on which Pope Francis guided the Catholic Church. "He (Pope Francis) kind of opened up the church," Deffenbaugh said. "I hope that he ...

Prevost, 69, was elected Thursday to be the pontiff to succeed Pope Francis, choosing the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary ...

The Fox Sports camera could have panned to any fan during the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series; it randomly landed on the future Pope Leo XIV. Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal ...