Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of Jesus’s Last Supper in Jerusalem. The messages, etched centuries ago ...

(Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei) 10. If Jesus were actually visible in church, everyone would run to welcome him, but he remains hidden in the Sacred Host under the appearance of bread, because he ...

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Valletta has become a spectacle. And for those who remain, or who left but still care, it has become a soundscape of grief. Urban renewal is not inherently destructive. Cities grow, adapt and ...

As part of the interregnum period, the cardinals will meet frequently to make various decisions about the upcoming papal funeral and conclave. Cardinals, bishops, and priests carrying palm ...

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had been read aloud on his behalf from the loggia on Easter Sunday. Pope ...

Before being elected as the first Pope from Latin America on March 13, 2013, former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became the first pontiff to take the name Francis. He became the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after ...

An encyclical is the most important form of papal document. Francis wrote four, starting in 2013 with "Lumen Fidei" (Light of Faith) on the importance of Christian faith, partly written by his ...

His first encyclical in 2013, Lumen Fidei, or The Light of Faith, sets out to show how faith can unite people everywhere. Francis' papacy has been historic. He embraced the marginalized in ways ...

His first encyclical in 2013, "Lumen Fidei," or "The Light of Faith," sets out to show how faith can unite people everywhere. In his next encyclical, "Laudato Si’," or "Praise Be to You ...

In a solemn and historic recognition, the Vatican has declared 167 Catholic victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka as ‘witnesses of faith’, acknowledging their deaths as acts of ...