We think we have put together a dream team,’ said organizers of the event, which hopes to reconcile quantum theory and ...

c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY ... live to the year 2000, is scheduled to set another record Sunday (May 24), becoming the longest-serving pontiff of the 20th century. The pope, ...

Francis has reopened the windows that were closed by John Paul and Pope Benedict XVI, but the church is still an institution ...

A 15th-century defense tower built by Pope Nicholas V houses a very 20th-century bank. These places, of course, are part of the working Vatican and are off-limits to outsiders, but the treasure ...

Pope Paul VI, who presided over Vatican II’s completion ... Council or the challenges facing the wider world in the late 20th century, John Paul II was convinced that the solution to both ...

For the first time, the Pope will participate in the G7 summit, held June 13 – 15 in the Italian region of Apulia. He will ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican ... 20th-century Fátima, Portugal, have become hugely popular — and lucrative — pilgrimage destinations and focuses of faith. Image Pope Francis ...

Embark on a global journey of art and culture from home with immersive virtual tours of iconic museums like The Louvre, The ...

The new guidelines reflect a desire to root out fraudsters and flights of fancy and to address how Catholics should view the mystical side of their faith.

The exhibit is the Vatican's entry for this year's Biennale ... Three Venice patriarchs became popes in the 20th century. Francis's visit comes on the same weekend as Venice launches a new entry ...

American Catholic history; Vatican diplomacy; U.S. diplomatic history; 19th- & 20th-century American social history ... In 2008, he published Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius ...

“We’re just very honored and thrilled for us as well as for the Vatican ... of the 20th century, art has always held an iconic role in the life of the Church. Pope Paul VI himself recognized ...