ROME -- The Vatican and the Italian government became reconciled today. Plenipotentiaries for both sides met at a table in the historic St. John Lateran palace and signed the agreement ending the ...

Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress provides Congress with objective research to inform the legislative process, administers the ...

The Vatican’s role in the evolving discussion around artificial intelligence (A.I.) may surprise some. It might seem ...

Six young people who lived with deep faith and committed their lives to the Church that Jesus founded are on their way to ...

The dispute involves Catholic precepts on immigration and charity—which the Church has administered for decades through U.S.A ...

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan formed a branch in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1920 and nearly took control of the state in 1922.

Welcoming me at the entrance of the Vatican Library is Don Giacomo Cardinali, commissioner of the Exhibition Hall and ...

Bishop Paul Tighe, secretary for the culture section of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, joins Colleen to discuss the ...

The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

Pope Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection, ...

Pope Francis will be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic at the end of Friday’s daily audiences to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment ...