VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover. His predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo XIII, was also passionate about wordplay, ...

When scientists analyzed locks of Beethoven’s hair in 2024, they discovered increased amounts of arsenic, mercury, and lead likely accumulated from a lifetime of eating fish from the polluted Danube ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...

Pope Leo sends a letter to the faithful of Toledo in which he highlights the spiritual, historical and social richness of the ...

COMMENTARY: Perhaps the most valuable trait John will be remembered for was his willingness to put into practice what popes ...

COMMENTARY: As the Sino-Vatican agreement remains confidential, its impact must be judged by outcomes — including how episcopal appointments, clerical formation and Church authority are evolving under ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV used his first annual address to urge peace in language and actions Credit: Stefano Spaziani via AP Photos Pope Leo XIV – the first American to lead the Vatican – used his ...

In 1998, a quiet Jesuit theologian named Jacques Dupuis was summoned to Rome. His recent book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism had stirred both admiration and alarm. Dupuis had ...

Today, on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Leo XIV baptised 20 children in the Sistine Chapel. “Remember the gift you have received”. At the Angelus, he blessed “children born in difficult ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and cemeteries in, under, and around the city. Remains of a sprawling ...

Here in Washington today, Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, took a victory lap. JAKE LANG: I'm very proud to have done what I did on January 6, and I think that it was just ...