Visit the homepage for more information. During his years as pope (1878-1903), Leo XIII wrote many significant encyclicals. His 1891 encyclical, On the Condition of Labor, initiated the Church's ...

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor at Christmas mass in 800. Charlemagne had arrived in Rome a few weeks earlier at the ...

But he met a sticky end - stabbed to death by his own cousin after an argument over a woman. Pope Leo X had more exotic tastes. Famed for his extravagant lifestyle, he was entertained by young ...

but was talked out of launching an attack on Rome after some hasty diplomacy by Pope Leo I. Stamp of AuthorityThis gold coin depicts the emperor Valentinian III stomping on a serpent with a human ...

Guerra, who founded the Oblates of the Holy Spirit, was instrumental in promoting the first-ever novena to the Holy Spirit under Pope Leo XIII in 1895. Her writings and spiritual leadership ...

Dick Pope, the veteran British cinematographer best known for his decades-long collaboration with legendary filmmaker Mike ...

How should you greet a pope? For centuries, it was Catholic tradition to kiss the papal foot. Nowadays, many faithful choose to bow and kiss the papal ring. Conservative Catholics, who routinely ...

Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once shrouded in history and legend, the so-called tunics of St. Peter and St. John the Evangelist have been subjected to a full restoration and carbon-dating analysis by ...

The Pope greets HM Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in 2021 at the Vatican Pope Francis sends his condolences to King Charles III and the people of the United Kingdom for the death of ...

When Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was ...

Pope Francis promised Saturday to "offer all the help we can" to aid clergy sexual abuse victims, after a group of Belgian survivors told him first-hand of the trauma that had shattered their ...