COMMENTARY: Blessed Iuliu Hossu was characterized by Pope Leo XIV as a 'a man of faith who knows that the gates of evil will ...

The unvirginal hands of a gay man decorated the walls and ceilings the most famous church in the world: the Sistine Chapel.

The Pauline Chapel includes the last frescoes of Michelangelo, painted as an old man after he had finished the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel takes its name from Pope ...

In her latest column installment, Chan analyzes the rise of conservative Christian nationalism and reflects on why the new ...

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present ...

In an event Monday honoring a Romanian Greek Catholic cardinal and martyr known for his efforts to save Jews during the ...

They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational ...

Very recently, history was made not only in Rome, but also in America. When the white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel and ...

The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the ...

A view of the Sistine Chapel where cardinals gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) A view of the Sistine Chapel where cardinals gather to elect ...

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