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 ...

The Roman Breviary states, "After the Council of Ephesus (431) in which the Mother of Jesus was acclaimed as Mother of God, Pope Sixtus III erected at Rome on the Esquiline Hill, a basilica dedicated ...

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 ...

Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital for bronchitis treatment Friday and has canceled all scheduled events for the next ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

Pope Francis criticized President Trump’s mass deportation plans in a letter urging compassion and the preservation of dignity for migrants in the U.S. The pope, in his letter, recognized “the ...

The Vatican on Wednesday announced that Pope Francis had appointed three new bishops to dioceses in the United States. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Dioceses of Sioux City ...

Rome — President Trump's U.S. "border czar" Tom Homan lashed out Tuesday at Pope Francis after the leader of the Catholic Church strongly criticized the mass deportation of migrants that Mr ...

ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their ...

Pope Francis weighed in on the true meaning of “ordo amoris” – a theological debate that Vice President JD Vance sparked last month. Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, used the ...

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.

President Donald Trump has received criticism from Pope Francis as the 47th U.S. president is set to unleash his mass deportation plan. The Holy Father weighed in on the anticipated operation ...