ROME (AP) — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who ...

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

I have the honor of reading the homily prepared by our Pope Francis.” It has been exactly twenty years since Leonardo Sandri was called 'The Voice' in the curia. Back then, he was not yet ...

Pope Francis makes a surprise visit to greet restorers of Pope Urban VIII's tomb during a Jubilee Mass at St Peter's Basilica ...

An Army chaplain during the Korean War, Father Emil Kapaun is likely years away from canonization as a saint. But interest in ...

Madeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964) was a French convert and mystic who founded an experimental lay community dedicated to social ...

Pope John Paul II, too, was often praised for showing his suffering during his long bout with Parkinson’s disease. But the Vatican also went to great lengths ... hospital chapel — with the crucifix ...

Further reading: Liturgy is not a visit to a museum Both Pope Francis and Archbishop Piero Marini affirmed that in the spirit of Vatican II, study must ... of adorning the altar of Christ ...

THE King and Queen had a surprise private meeting with the Pope at the Vatican yesterday, Buckingham Palace said. It follows ...