The first Latin American pope, known for speaking out against social injustice, leaves behind a complicated legacy.

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

As a child I loved Easter, maybe even more than Christmas. Each year there was a new fancy dress, frilly socks, white patent ...

An incredible example of this is the little-known case of a mummy located in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein, in ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the ...

Things I learned by embedding with the tourists: the Ramones loved Yoo-hoo, Peter Stuyvesant was uptight, and how to do “a ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

From Bergamo, 60-year-old Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa brings the “Mother Church” back among the electors of a Pope for ...

Oakley, a pioneering local businesswoman, international traveler and tireless promoter of her beloved City-by-the-Sea, died ...

Are you looking for some activities to add to your itinerary during your visit to Strasbourg, France? European travel ...

Egypt: Coptic Christians in Egypt also celebrate Christmas on January 7th, observing a 43-day fast before the holiday. Armenia: The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th ...

CELINA - Some of west central Ohio's earliest settlers arrived in the new country in September 1834 in the Bark Everhard ship ...