His first outing since his election was to a sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna and is of particular significance to his ...

Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Lehighton will not be offered on Wednesday ... texts at 7 p.m. • Easter baskets will be blessed on Holy Saturday at noon in church, and the Easter Vigil will ...

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 ...

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

Rich conservative Catholics say they could raise $1 billion for the church “so long as we have the right pope.” ...

Pope Francis’ papacy shone with surprising energy and courage, driven by faith and mission. A dynamic leader, rejuvenated by grace, inspired the world.

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his ...

St. John Paul II entrusted the world to divine mercy as he consecrated the International Shrine of the Divine Mercy in ...

Day 3: On Monday evening, Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome, will oversee Mass for the Church of Rome at St Peter’s Basilica. Day 4: On Tuesday evening ...

That was “The Calling of Saint Matthew” by the Baroque artist Caravaggio, which hangs in the church of ... monuments of Popes Paul III, left, and Urban VIII inside St. Peter’s Basilica.

Wojtyla studied theology in Rome and served as the archbishop of Krakow ... Church by renewing liturgy and theology and developing better relationships with other religions. Pope John XXIII died of ...