The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff ...

A new Dededo Catholic chapel named after former Pope John Paul II is set to pour its foundation 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Divine Mercy-Saint John Paul II will be built in Astumbo, near the Dededo fire ...

The first car ever to transport a Supreme Pontiff - and by default the first-ever popemobile, even if the term had yet to be invented - was the Graham Paige 837 presented to Pope Pius X1 by the ...

For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for the decisive victory of Christianity over Islamism.

The Vatican, 9 May 1923 - Pope Pius VI had a 25 minute private audience with King George V and Queen Mary in the splendid surroundings of the Vatican today. The British Royals are currently ...

after only those of Pius IX and Pope St. John Paul II. On the political side, he achieved limited but real success, especially in Germany, where estrangement between the government and the church was ...

On May 8, 1928, Pope Pius XI published the encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor to rekindle enthusiasm for devotion and to clarify its theological significance. On January 29, 1929, he formalized ...

Did Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) have epilepsy? Joseph Sirven, MD, Mayo Clinic, and his colleagues recently published a study that indicates that the Pope did indeed have epilepsy. The goal of the study, ...

The arrival of Pope Saint Paul VI to the Shrine of Fatima to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the First Apparition of Our Lady (Photo by Arquivo Ecclesia/Wikimedia Commons) When Pope Pius XII ...