Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...
WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The thriller has not only won critical plaudits, yesterday it clinched a ...
The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political leaders of the Christian precept of human dignity.
Historian Yvonnick Denoël delves into recently declassified documents for his book 'Vatican Spies', revealing an intricate ...
While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...
Today, Andrew and Anne and their baby boy live on their 65-acre farm in western Pennsylvania, purchased a year ago, and have ...
Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...
Heidi A. Campbell, Texas A&M University The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls ...
The first one mentioned is "Pius XI ... on the Magisterium of John Paul II, without disregarding, of course, that of Paul VI. It is actually the current Pope, who, thanks to the developments ...
echoing the call of St. John Paul II during the 2000 Jubilee. Pope Francis has frequently argued that such debt relief is a matter of justice, linking it to the “ecological debt” wealthy ...
The following day at 12:45 he was received by Wilhelm II. In accordance with the instructions he had received, Pacelli expressed “the Holy Father’s grave concerns in the face of the protracted war, in ...