When the Council of Ephesus defined Mary as Theotokos, the God-bearer, in 431 A.D., Pope Sixtus III (432-440) rebuilt and embellished the basilica. From the seventh century onward, it was referred to ...

Sixtus (the list continues)... In this order, and by this succession, the ecclesiastical tradition from the apostles, and the preaching of the turth, have come down to us. [Against Heresies III ...

All three of the retiring or retired prelates tendered their resignations to the Vatican upon their 75th birthdays in ...

The Pope greets HM Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in 2021 at the Vatican Pope Francis sends his condolences to King Charles III and the people of the United Kingdom for the death of ...

Defending the rights of Indigenous people is a matter of justice and a way to guarantee a sustainable future for everyone, Pope Francis said in a message on Monday. “Land, water, and food are ...

Set during the election for a new pope, the movie uses many of the real-life rules and dynamics of a conclave to build suspense, including the tradition of the chosen cardinal choosing a new name ...

FILE - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development, has urged the US ...

From Constantinople the Litany was taken to Rome and the West. Pope Gelasius I (492-96) introduced into the Mass an intercession of litanic character, the nine-fold Kyrie eleison which still survives.

St. Devote has always been an important figure in the history of Monaco. Pope Sixtus IV, who served as pope from 1471 to 1484, was the first to issue a papal bull allowing indulgences for the Feast of ...