For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

led him to take that name and he became Pope Paul VI. His years saw the completion of the Council and the implementation of its many teachings. Then, at the death of Paul VI in 1978, the newly ...

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI are displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Oct. 30 ...

First the audience with the tennis superstar Sinner, then the meeting with the athletes from Napoli, and now, Pope Leo XIV opens the Vatican's doors for the cyclists of the Giro d'Italia.

Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the ...

Pope Paul VI said in 1968 that these were the remains of St Peter. Well-wishers with an American flag before the Mass.Credit: Getty Images There is no coronation for the pope, but there has ...

Three months later, Pope Paul VI elevated him to cardinal. Ratzinger was invited to Rome in 1980 to head the Congregation for Catholic Education. He declined the invitation, saying he was not ...

sapphires and pearls – but this practice was abandoned under Pope Paul VI. While not officially banned, the papal tiara was part of a formal coronation process that has not occurred since 1963 ...

Sister Maria Gloria Riva from a cloistered, contemplative monastery in the small state of San Marino in Italy, was the ...

The Vatican Bank was shrouded in mystery and controversy for decades - and problems remain, even after a decade of reforms under Pope Francis.