Faced with a formidable threat from the East, Pope Innocent IV dispatched an embassy to the Tatars, led by the Roman Catholic diplomat Simon of Saint Quentin. After months of arduous travel and ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

Pope Gregory died that year, and confronting the king fell to Pope Innocent IV, who in 1245 called for a general council at Lyon, France. While other issues were discussed, the focus was on Fredrick, ...

One of the many things mentioned after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was that Al Qaeda had chosen that date as a ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

ROME (AP) — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in ...

Renewing an appeal for peace, Leo underlined the importance of trying "at all costs to avoid the use of weapons and seek ...

So many innocent people are dying, and we need to always promote peace," he said June 19, responding to a journalist's question about current world crises. The pope said today's crises are "truly ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 17:06 pm Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday afternoon. “The pope made an appeal for Russia to take a ...

Pope Leo makes peace plea directly to Putin on Ukraine, discussing humanitarian issues while the Russian president accused Kyiv of escalating the conflict following the Kerch Bridge attack.