Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Edward Weisenburger, 64, as the archbishop-elect to succeed 76-year-old Archbishop ...

In 1937, Pope Pius XI wrote that the Catholic Church “never places limits to the rights of individuals or nations to develop according to their ethnic characteristics.” The Pontiff’s ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...