The Islamic preacher died yesterday at the age of 83 in his US exile after years of poor health. For decades, he was one of ...

Kennedy tied the knot on September 12, 1953, in Newport, Rhode Island, it was the society event of the season. From the ...

During the first millennium, the method of choosing the pope underwent several changes ... and just three ballots to elect his successor, Pius XII, making the 1939 conclave the shortest in ...

Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?

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The landmark autobiography was originally meant to be published after Pope Francis’ death, but inspired by the upcoming year of Jubilee — a rarity that only occurs every 25 years — the ...

He quoted the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans 8:2: “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.” Pope Francis emphasized that the Holy ...

More than 500 Belgians have demanded to be removed from the baptismal registry (“débaptisation”) in reaction to controversial statements by Pope Francis during his apostolic journey to ...

Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, formerly of pop group One Direction, said in a statement released Thursday that they are “completely devastated” by the death of ...

Pope Francis created a new group of saints on Sunday, canonising 14 individuals including the "martyrs of Damascus", killed ...