Russian President Vladimir Putin with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, during a ceremony in awarding him with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Jean-Arnault ...

The eighteenth century composition “The Council of Nicaea,” by F. Pavlovskyi, I. Maksimovych, and A. Galik and others. In Gate Church of the Trinity (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves). (Photo by H ...

Since bishops have no children, though one could sarcastically point to more than a few exceptions in church history, apostolic succession refers not to a legal inheritance, but to the human chain ...

First Regina Coeli of Pope Leo XIV, Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, May 11, 2025. (Photo by picture alliance / Stefano Spaziani/Newscom/MaxPPP) In a speech that drew extended ...

Despite the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which condemned Arianism and affirmed Christ’s divinity, many continued to deny that Jesus was truly God. A few decades later, the divinity of the ...

The file is suspended. The Catholic Church will not beatify Luisa Piccarreta, an Italian mystic known for her spiritual exercises centered on union with the will of God On January 24, Bishop ...

J. P. Grayland, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand), currently visiting professor at the University of Tübingen (Germany). “This principle enables us to work ...

The election of Leo XIV signals a new “Catholic moment” for the United States —or the continuation of one—but also opens the door to rethinking what “America” means for the world in ...

Fresh fighting broke out Tuesday between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces in Omdurman, a city adjacent to the capital, Khartoum, as the military launched what it called a “large-scale ...

Our lives are full of moral dilemmas, as St. Thomas More liked to say. Choosing a pope. Picking the right school for your kids. Taking a stand in the end-of-life debate. Not all decisions carry ...

10 février 2015 : Le card. Robert SARAH, Préfet de la Congrégation pour le culte divin et la discipline des sacrement, lors de la conférence de presse durant laquelle il a présenté le ...

Ante Gabric, often called the “Apostle of the Sundarbans,” was a Croatian Jesuit priest whose life and mission left an enduring mark on the Catholic Church in eastern India. Born Feb. 28, 1915 ...