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

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

Quebec’s Roman Catholic bishops and other religious leaders have sharply rejected turning the secularization of the province into an excuse for activist exclusion of religious faith.

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook.

Pope Leo isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of ...

The word pride has shifted over the millennia, from being first used to describe one of the seven deadly sins in Roman ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor born ...

Pope Leo XIV met JD Vance, the US vice-president, after calling for peace in “martyred Ukraine”. On Sunday morning, Mr Vance ...

When Arianna Salerno first moved to Washington, D.C., in 2022 to attend Catholic ... a symbol most associated with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, first emerged during the Roman Empire when ...

At first glance it might not seem the most original choice, but it could be a symbol from the new pope ... The Pope – the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church – does not earn a ...