Despite the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which condemned Arianism and affirmed Christ’s divinity, many continued to deny that Jesus was truly God. A few decades later, the divinity of the ...

A “cloak of silence.” As Fondacio prepares to mark its 50th anniversary May 30, that’s the phrase current leaders use to describe the long-standing hush surrounding the early history of ...

The eighteenth century composition “The Council of Nicaea,” by F. Pavlovskyi, I. Maksimovych, and A. Galik and others. In Gate Church of the Trinity (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves). (Photo by H ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost didn’t write much. No sweeping interviews in Jesuit journals. No autobiographical catecheses. No manifestos. But in the quiet preface he penned for a textbook on social ...

First Regina Coeli of Pope Leo XIV, Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, May 11, 2025. (Photo by picture alliance / Stefano Spaziani/Newscom/MaxPPP) U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian ...

Ante Gabric, often called the “Apostle of the Sundarbans,” was a Croatian Jesuit priest whose life and mission left an enduring mark on the Catholic Church in eastern India. Born Feb.

Pope Leo XIV receives U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance at the Vatican May 20. (Photo: Office of the Vice President of the United States/Wikimedia Commons) A string of high-level bilateral meetings ...

The bus speeds past sun-drenched olive groves on its way to the small rural town of Iznik, in Turkey’s Bursa province, two and a half hours from Istanbul. Iznik—once known as Nicaea—still ...

“Church chatterboxes.” That’s the half-teasing nickname coined by a slightly exasperated veteran Vatican reporter. Since the May 8 election of Leo XIV, several cardinal-electors have spoken ...

What was meant to be an anniversary has become a tribute. Nearly 10 years ago, on May 24, 2015, Pope Francis signed Laudato Si’ (“Praise Be”), the first papal encyclical devoted entirely to ...

De nombreux rescapés commémorent, chaque 11 avril, la « marche de la mort » et refont le même chemin, hantés par le souvenir des milliers de Tutsis abandonnés il y a trente et un ans aux ...

The election of Leo XIV signals a new “Catholic moment” for the United States —or the continuation of one—but also opens the door to rethinking what “America” means for the world in ...