Drawing on Christian and Jewish history, Chikli reminded the Pope of Jesus’s biblical roots, linking them to Jewish identity. “Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the city where Rachel, our matriarch ...

Pope Francis created an uproar when he was seen with a controversial nativity scene at the Vatican over the weekend.. The wooden display showed the baby Jesus lying on a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has begun allowing public Masses to be celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time since March as coronavirus restrictions were eased in the city-state and ...

“The Chosen” star Jonathan Roumie met briefly with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a general audience at the Vatican, where a Season 5 episode of the hit biblical series had streamed on ...

Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday, Jan. 6, by appointing a woman, Italian sister Simona Brambilla, M.C., as the prefect of a Vatican dicastery for ...

A few people gather outside St. Peter's Square during the Christmas Eve Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Vatican December. 24. The Mass was not open to the general public and began at 7:30 p ...

Jerusalem – Christians on Friday celebrated the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus’ manger nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to ...

VATICAN CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. actor known for playing Jesus on a popular television show visited the Vatican on Monday. Jonathan Roumie, star of the streaming series "The Chosen" about ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, and Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador, tour a replica of the Sistine Chapel, in Mexico City. (Credit: Twitter Lopez Obrador.) Listen ...

Visitors to Rome this Easter can have a once-in-a-lifetime experience: climbing the original stairs that Jesus is said to have walked on before his crucifixion.

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s Square, presided over by the dean of the College of Cardinals ...