The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance ...

On September 13, Pope Francis concluded the longest journey of his papacy—an 11-day Asia-Pacific tour through Indonesia, ...

Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow jostle for the Vatican's top job in this pulpy Robert Harris adaptation ...

180 A.D. "But since it would take too long to set out here the successions of all the churches, we shall turn to that great, ancient and universally known church founded and organized at Rome by ...

Since the founding of the city, Romans have built shrines to the lares, ancient Roman guardian deities ... and also ensured the freedom of the papacy and Vatican City. In thanksgiving for Our ...

In a Q&A, Yale historian Ivan G. Marcus explains the rise of a confrontation in medieval Europe that set the stage for modern antisemitism.

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Popes are popular. So much so that nearly half the population of East Timor gathered Tuesday in a seaside park for Pope ...

These are men carrying out what they view as an ancient function: electing a new Pope, now that the old one has died. They ...

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