La Croix: The pope is about to publish an encyclical on the Sacred Heart. What is this devotion about? Father Etienne Kern: The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a spirituality entirely focused on ...

Justin Welby’s predecessors have at times met gruesome fates — being stabbed or burned at the stake — but over 16 centuries ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond submitted a letter of resignation to Pope Francis, as required by the Catholic Church’s canon law.

A team of scribes has handed over an impressive selection of calligraphy to be used in a revamped museum attraction.

L’habit ne fait pas le moine - roughly pronounced lah-bee nuh fay pah luh mwan - does not have to do with your day to day ...

Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...

In the end, Pope Gregory X was elected. When the time comes for a papal conclave to be held, every cardinal in the world ...

In 2018, Pope Francis decreed in the apostolic constitution Episcopalis Communio that reformed the Synod of Bishops that the pope has the authority to approve and promulgate the final document, at ...