At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and the sanctuary. Catholic practice followed. That the altar rails also served ...

Elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993, this sacred Ugandan landmark has become a global pilgrimage ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

Sylvia Poggioli has covered several papal conclaves and the Vatican for ... of baroque architecture. And baroque is essentially the glorification of the Catholic Church's temporal power.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24.​ Media outlets in Armenia and Italy continue to react to the international conference titled ...

Zelensky says Putin makes ‘mockery of entire world’ as historic prisoner swap continues - The Ukrainian president said 390 prisoners were returned on Friday, with more to follow over the weekend ...

I will deal with the impact of Vatican II during two periods, before and after 1975, mainly on the Church and on men and women Religious in the south. It is certain that Vatican II has renewed and ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

“Francis early on in his tenure strongly affirmed positive Catholic-Jewish relations as an integral part of the post-Vatican II Church,” Marans had said in a statement. “Pope Francis also ...

A Josef Fritzl-style Vatican pedophile ... Orlandi were victims of church child abusers. During a visit to Emanuela Orlandi’s family home, the late Pope John Paul II told her relatives he ...