Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to satanism.

Symbolism over substance" is a consistent critique of political parties and political leaders, regardless of one's political leanings. There is nothing wrong with symbols or symbolism. From the ...

The Roman Catholic Church needs a wholesale reset ... Millions of people prayed for Pope Francis in his last month, making him a unifying symbol not as a pope but as a person dealing with life’s ...

Because all faith represents a moral frame that orders life around particular rules, it is inevitable that the papacy and ...

As he became the 267th head of the Roman Catholic Church ... wrongly, to be a symbol of the temporal power of the Popes,” he said. Archival footage offers a glimpse of the grandeur of the ...

A professor of Catholic studies and an ordained Roman Catholic priest ... his rigorous explorations of the meaning and symbol of God in modern life, and his commitment to equality, social justice ...

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’s answer, we must believe, would be that we each exist as the precious creation of a loving God, born into a world of suffering and sin that is not our true home, and that we are each vested ...

Famous for their Renaissance-era ceremonial garb, the guards are employed by the Roman Catholic Church and serve ... "It feels like a tangible symbol that we all share, and that makes this massive ...

During the Mass, Leo appeared to choke up when the two potent symbols of the papacy were ... significant given the polarization within the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and beyond.