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

Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel, which were the lens through which he viewed the world. We ...

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

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

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Then he did something notably uncharacteristic of Pope Francis. He sang. “Hallelujah,” he intoned reverently, in Latin. The moment spoke to an evolving truth. As much as Leo has echoed Francis since ...

Recent discoveries of an ancient structure in Jerusalem align exactly with the description of Jesus' tomb in the Bible ... by caliph al-Hakim in 1009. Its present form is largely due to extensive ...