WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The thriller has not only won critical plaudits, yesterday it clinched a ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political leaders of the Christian precept of human dignity.

Today, Andrew and Anne and their baby boy live on their 65-acre farm in western Pennsylvania, purchased a year ago, and have ...

Historian Yvonnick Denoël delves into recently declassified documents for his book 'Vatican Spies', revealing an intricate ...

In the final text of the Vatican II document on Our Lady, the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium, the Document on the Church, Pope Pius XII is quoted seven times ... The above article appeared in the ...

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

In early January, Catholic ... the church and a potential harm or interference. The church has long embraced communication media to advance its mission. In the early 20th century, Pope Pius ...

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

Heidi A. Campbell, Texas A&M University The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls ...

In the past century Pope Pius XI and Pope ... not painted by human hands, but as Pius XII explained, "by brushes not of this world." Vatican II taught that "union with those whom the Holy Spirit has ...