For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

was vastly different from what many papal art pieces looked like. This painting depicts the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus, in Italy during the year 897. The trial was held by Pope Stephen VI in ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected pope ... art, which led to the Vatican having its first pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and later its first at the Architectural Biennale in 2018 ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively ... began on Wednesday to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, having led the church since 2013.

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography ... for the Feast of St. Matthew on Sept. 21. Matthew is described in the Bible as a tax collector ...

Born amid revolution, Eugène de Mazenod found his purpose at the foot of the Cross — and went on to become a bishop, founder ...

He had stood in the same spot for the elections of John Paul II ... survivors groups to have arrived in Rome since Pope Francis died on April 21, hoping their message will resonate with the ...

The fitting room inside the Gammarelli shop [Virginia Pietromarchi/Al Jazeera] When Pope John XXIII was elected ... an ecclesiastical and art historian at the University of Edinburgh.

“The idea of an American pope ... 21, a student who is in Rome studying marketing. Wait — an American? Some faces fell. “Maybe he’s a good guy?” said Catalina Zaza, 27, an Argentine art ...

Read more › “The best way I could describe him right now is that he will be following in Francis’ footsteps,” said John Joseph ... honor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

(The Conversation) — Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography ... Feast of St. Matthew on Sept. 21. Matthew is described in the Bible ...