“I’m ticked,” says John Prevost, the retired Midwestern high school principal who is now, abruptly and without warning, ...

This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325)! The word ecumenical comes from the Greek oikoumene (οἰκουμένη), which translates as “the whole inhabited ...

Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway's crown Princess, has been charged with rape and sexual assault. Høiby, stepson of the ...

Castel Gandolfo has been for centuries a place of rest, prayer, and study for popes. Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul ...

Pope Leo, who was elected in May to the surprise of close conclave watchers, is the first to hail from the United States in the history of the church. A Chicago native, he attended Villanova ...

A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the ...

Separately, the archdiocese announced a special concert series to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the grand pipe organ at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End.

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last of the restored Raphael Rooms, the reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace ...