Most biblical scholars also agree that John the Baptist really did baptise Jesus, as recorded in the New Testament. What is ...

The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that broke a 600-year tradition, the Vatican’s past is anything but predictable ...

More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the ...

Italian prosecutors opened an investigation of an illegal online auction of a relic of Bl Carlo Acutis, one month before his ...

Her legacy of compassion and service did not go unnoticed: When Pope John Paul II visited Rijeka in 2003 ... At last, Sister Marija’s purported remains were exhumed in 2011 and DNA testing commenced.

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance on Sunday, the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has been seen in public since leaving hospital two weeks ago. Francis greeted crowds at ...

Pope Francis was wheeled through a crowd that included health care workers from around the world, who had been told he was watching their Jubilee Mass on television. By Elisabetta Povoledo ...