As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

Among the many historic buildings and magnificent residences in Vatican City, not everyone knows exactly where Pope Leo XIV resides. The home of the Pope in Rome is the place the Holy Father chose ...

The leadership of the African region of the World Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS Africa, has underlined the need to relate religious icons, symbols and other images with cultural ...

Source: Christian Art Gospel of 9 June 2025 John 19:25-34 At that time: Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus ...

Crypto-religious art, and criticism that takes a crypto-religious approach, can substitute the appearance of a vast and indistinct meaningfulness for actual meaning.

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again host the conclave.

Tamara Govedarovic via Unsplash A new Washington law requires Catholic priests and other religious community leaders of different faiths to report potential child abuse to state authorities.

Advocates for survivors said religious sexual abuse should be the "deciding issue" when it comes to choosing the next pope. The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, has launched ...

As pope, Francis was master of the Catholic church’s liturgy and thus a profound influence on the use of Catholic churches around the world, the largest such ensemble of religious buildings.

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