Symbolism over substance" is a consistent critique of political parties and political leaders, regardless of one's political leanings. There is nothing wrong with symbols or symbolism. From the ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Pope Leo XIV with a religious icon, painted on wood that had seen the ...

Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Appearing on the balcony of St. Peter’s is a pope’s first appearance – a tradition full of symbolism. I am a scholar who studies Roman Catholic theology and history. I am particularly ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died aged 88 on April 21. World leaders, monarchs and hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on Rome to pay their ...