Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the walk to Canossa, the birth of George Beverly Shea, and the ...

No matter how history judges Joe Biden, it is unlikely to look kindly on his use of the pardon power.

Some quotations stay with a person always. I've waited many years to use this one, and the time is ripe. In the year 1085, Pope Gregory VII, an important church reforming figure, was exiled in Salerno ...

Gertrude of Poland, a duchess with royal lineage and deep piety, stands as the first Polish writer known by name. Her Latin ...

The pope could wake up tomorrow and allow priests ... great reforming popes like Leo IX and Gregory VII insisted that henceforth the priesthood would be celibate. This decision greatly ...

Some 947 years ago, the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV, saw it fit to apologize to Pope Gregory VII for “church-state conflicts.” To fully and unequivocally demonstrate his penance, Henry stood barefoot ...

When a pope dies, or more rarely resigns (Francis's direct predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first to step down since Gregory XII in 1415), the college of cardinals gathers in the Vatican to ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification ...

Pope Francis said Monday that he is more concerned about the development of human intelligence than artificial intelligence. Speaking to Church communications professionals in the Clementine Hall ...