A cardinal appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and makes the announcement in Latin: “Habemus papam!” – “We have a ...

After a short period of time, a cardinal appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and makes the announcement in Latin: “Habemus papam!” – “We have a pope!” He then announces which cardinal has ...

In 1887, during a pilgrimage to Rome, Thérèse Martin — now known around the world as St. Thérèse of Lisieux — visited the ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

Isoko Mirror, a local newspaper in Delta State, reported in a 2019 article by Michael Ekokoruwe that land snails were a taboo ...

As crowds celebrated in St. Peter's Square, a man in white and red stepped onto the balcony of the basilica, prompting cheers from the plaza. It was American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost: Pope ...

“ichthys,” which can be seen as an acronym for the Greek expression “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.” The symbol carried on into medieval literature. In some renderings of King Arthurian legend, ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. A picture shows a Catholic cardinal sealing Pope Francis' residence ...

Initially, a proposal was floated for a personal gift from the King to the people of Malta, in the form of a Union Jack, which was to be flown from the Palace in Valletta as a symbol of the island ...

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out ... By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion with Christ's death. 1221 But above all, the crossing ...