THERE are two ways of viewing the film Conclave: to experience it as a horrifying series of events, or to be enveloped in the magisterial spirituality of a religious tradition. From the moment the ...

Something entirely ignored about Pope Francis by the world at large was his day-by-day teaching ...

They abandoned their relationships, jobs and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...

By the time Adolf Hitler rose to power, Christian antisemitism was deeply embedded in German society. The church had spent centuries portraying Jews as enemies of God, making it easier for Nazis to ...

Chinese authorities imposed a fine on a bishop in Zhejiang province for celebrating a public Mass on 27 December with several ...

In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

Concern about the ailing Pope Francis is growing. After the Vatican announced that the pontiff was suffering from bilateral ...

Pope John Paul II named the hospital 'Vatican III' and quipped that it ranked third after St Peter's Square and Castel ...

Rome's Gemelli hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated for bronchitis, is the favoured choice of pontiffs -- to the ...

American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...