allowing the vote that eventually elected Pope Pius XI. Pagano suggests that Francis’ 2019 decision to remove the word “Secret” from the archive’s name and rename it the “Vatican ...

It was an unholy alliance. In the 1920s and ’30s, Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini relied on and used each other in their quest to preserve and protect their respective institutions, the Catholic ...

A speech by Pope Pius XI in Italian. Followed by an English translation of the speech. [The sound quality of Pope Pius XI's speech in Italian is poor] Protest at Midleton Town Hall at the auction ...

The Vatican has authorized the first LGBT Christian pilgrimage to Rome on September 6th  during the Jubilee of 2025.

By the end of 1922, the figure of Pope Pius XI did not simply represent the highest level of the Roman Catholic Church, he was also the ultimate court of spiritual appeal to both sides.

But the Nazis quickly violated its articles. In Lent 1937 Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" (With burning sorrow) with the help of German bishops and Cardinal Pacelli ...

The liturgical Feast of Christ the King honors the kingly dignity of Jesus Christ and was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Mary's royal dignity is parallel, although subordinate, and the Feast of ...

The long-awaited and elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has silenced bombs and halted air raids on the Gaza Strip, ...

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

This EV Popemobile continues a partnership between Mercedes and the Vatican that dates back to 1930 when Pope Pius XI took delivery of a Nürburg 460 Pullman. Mercedes-Benz just delivered the ...