The Humiliati remained here until the year 1571, when Pope Pius V suppressed the order ... to avoid any kind of chromatic dissimilarity that might occur in the natural coloring of the brickwork. One ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction to Pope Francis days before leaving the White House. Biden, who is only the second Catholic president in U.S. history ...

Pope Francis kicked off the first Saturday jubilee audience of 2025 by urging pilgrims to embrace hope as a divine strength that enables new beginnings, drawing inspiration from St. John the ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the highest U.S. civilian honor, the White House announced on Saturday. Biden, the nation's second ...

He reminds us that the Catholic Church is not a court, not a place of nepotism, and certainly not the highest court of an ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to about ...

When Pope Francis permitted priests to bless same-sex couples in 2023, Burch argued the Pope created “massive confusion” that would “destroy” the Catholic Church’s teaching on human ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday named a Catholic cardinal who has criticized Donald Trump's political agenda as the new leader for the Catholic Church in Washington ...

FILE - President Joe Biden, left, meets with Pope Francis in Savelletri, Puglia, Italy, June 14, 2024. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...