Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be ...

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

You'll also find several hotels in this historic neighborhood, plus Old World churches like St. Mary's Basilica and Wawel ... and some of the best nightlife Poland has to offer.

But that first night, after he went to confession at St. James the Apostle church ... Roman Catholic youths guard a life-size figure in Kalwaria Pacławska, Poland. The Feast of the Assumption ...

The Papacy has also figured in numerous fictional films, including crime dramas (The Godfather Part III, 1990), thrillers (Angels & Demons, 2009), horrors (The Pope’s Exorcist, 2023) and numerous ...

St. Mary’s, she says, was “the center of our growing-up years. It was your typical Catholic school. You could see everybody you know at church. The Prevosts always sat behind us at 9:15 a.m ...