Is it a case of trying to improve something that might not need improving or a case of simply protecting aesthetics and the ...

“We do good to use our own symbols to tell our own story without resorting to trendy, misguided, and inadequate symbols that ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has not addressed ongoing debates about restrictions on use of the Tridentine Mass, often called the “traditional Latin Mass.” Bishops around the world have been pulled into these ...

Archbishop of Toronto Cardinal Francis Leo called on the faithful to honor the most Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout the month of June rather than “using symbols that are contrary to God’s divine ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

The two statues depict the patron saints of police and firefighters and cost taxpayers $850,000.

While Francis’ funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view his body — the mass will involve a series of longtime Catholic ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A poster of a theater play to be presented by students of a Catholic university in Lima, which combines religious symbols with the figure of a man wearing female clothes ...

I am a scholar who studies Roman Catholic theology and history. I am particularly interested in how popes exercise authority and leadership today, including their use of symbols. When Pope Francis ...

The month of June is a time to reflect on Jesus’ “loving, burning, sacrificial, and life-giving heart,” which Leo called “one of the most profound and enduring symbols in Catholic ...