published by Pius VI. At the time of its release, the symbol of the Sacred Heart had taken a political dimension, as royalist factions adopted it during the Vendée War. On May 8, 1928, Pope Pius ...

Explore the ecumenical dialogue initiated by the Catholic Church post-Vatican II, focusing on the challenges of papal primacy ...

Paul VI (1963–1978) did not publish another encyclical ... John Paul II published only 14 encyclicals; Pope Benedict XVI published three.

Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, indicating that the College of ...

The Vatican's axe on Latin celebrations, banned by Pope Francis with the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes three years ago, ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent ...

By offering the best practices to implement, the Synod just made decisions that correspond as closely as possible to God’s ...

Pope Francis expresses closeness to people affected by floods. The head of the Catholic Church issued a prayer for all the ...

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Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...