Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on July 15 in the chapel at the Carabinieri (a form of military police) station in Castel ...

Riding in a gray Volkswagen sedan, the pope first went to the local headquarters of the Carabinieri, a branch of the Italian ...

Remembering the anniversary of the proclamation of the Virgo Fidelis – Faithful Virgin – as the patroness of the Italian ...

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that the World War II-era pope, Pius XII, had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...

(RNS) — Vatican archivist Johan Ickx claims that Pius instructed clergy to save the Jews from the Nazis, while failing to provide proof.

A letter suggests that Pope Pius XII had detailed information that thousands of Jews and Poles were being gassed daily in German-occupied Poland.

Progressives may embrace Pope Francis for his virtue signaling, but if historians focus on actions rather than words, then Francis’ legacy will be more Pius XII than John Paul II. The world ...

The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust.

This was among the shortest conclaves in recent decades. Here's a look at the long history of choosing a pope.

The shortest was the conclave that elected Pius XII in 1939, which took three ballots in two days. Cardinals must reach a two-thirds majority to elect a pope.

POPE Leo XIV on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, renewed his call for global peace, voicing anguish over the ongoing violence in war-torn regions and urging world lead ...

Newly discovered correspondence in the Vatican archives suggests that Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day ...