A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

While the Vatican's sacred traditions and time-honoured rituals are elevated to their most beautiful heights, the politicking ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. Dec. 23, 2024 His message is always one of hope ...

The 266th head of the Catholic Church called for peace in the Middle East—a routine request from his predecessors. But Pope ...

Pope Francis celebrated first vespers for the vigil of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, saying the last day of 2024 is a time to reflect and give thanks ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

Following Benedict XVI’s resignation in 2013, the Catholic Church might not have survived another premature exit, writes Peter Popham ...