The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in Egypt in 1945 and contains 114 sayings attributed to Jesus - but rather than the ...

Jesus is portrayed differently in the ancient Gospel of Thomas than in the conventional one. In this rendition, he is ...

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

Inside the mountain itself? Josephus didn't say. By the late 1800s, Herod's tomb had become one of biblical ... of standing both in the past and the present. Gazing out from the perimeter wall ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV, in his inaugural Mass, cast a vision of a united church that offers God's unconditional love to everyone. He ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV called for unity in an increasingly divided world Sunday during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, marking the official start of ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV called for unity in an increasingly divided world Sunday during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s ...

Joe Biden, then the U.S. Vice President, is pictured arriving at the inauguration Mass for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on March 19, 2013, in Vatican City.Dan Kitwood—Getty Images Global ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also present ... Getty Images The service—much of which was delivered in Italian—featured a visit to St. Peter’s tomb inside the Basilica.