During the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, the Holy See was made aware of the then-developing Cuban Missile Crisis by the administration of President John F. Kennedy — the first Catholic leader ...

Protestants long for a pope with the ecumenical heart of Pope John XXIII. Though our confessions and church orders differ, we share the same mission to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The pope then moved to a balcony and was crowned. A film of the coronation of Pope John XXIII in 1958 shows him being crowned, with the narrator proclaiming him: “The vicar of Christ on earth.” ...

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI are displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Oct. 30 ...

In a veritable who’s who of top New Jersey high school football programs, as for the second straight season, Pope John XXIII will face no less than five teams that were ranked in the final 2024 ...

It was called by Pope John XXIII, who died in June 1963, and its work was completed under Pope Paul VI, who headed the Church until 1978. For better and worse, it brought the Church into the ...

Pope John XXIII was supposed to be a transitional pope, but he called the most consequential event in recent church history: the Second Vatican Council. In an office full of surprises, Leo is ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the ...