The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

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Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

He went on to study sacred theology in Paris and in Regensburg, Germany, under the then-Father Joseph Ratzinger — the future Pope Benedict XVI. Schönborn was awarded a doctorate in sacred ...

The Vatican did not immediately provide further details.It is rare for the pope to dissolve a Catholic religious community, even one mired in scandal. Faced with a similar scandal, Benedict XVI ...

(AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a traditional message sent ahead of the presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington.

Pope Francis, in Message, Offers Trump Prayers for 'Wisdom, Strength' By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a ...

Francis, 88, has been in the post since 2013, when he was elected to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this ...

it's as if there was an international drive towards self-destruction," the Pope said. Francis, 88, has been in the post since 2013, when he was elected to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.