We asked some notable movie directors, actors and film buffs for their take — and their answers did not disappoint!

Highlights of the year included Pope Francis’ longest trip, an 11-day journey through Asia and Oceania; the conclusion of the ...

Biden accepted Francis' invitation to visit the Vatican during a Thursday phone call with the pope, the White House said in a statement. The two men have met several times. White House press ...

Vatican II was strikingly different from the 20 other ecclesiastical assemblies that Roman Catholicism ranks as ecumenical. It is the first council that did not face, or leave in its wake ...

The meeting is to take place in the Vatican on January 10, the White House said in a statement. Biden, a practising Catholic, and Francis would meet to "discuss efforts to advance peace around the ...

The Vatican has removed a nativity scene sculpture ... The addition of the traditional black-and-white checkered scarf, which has become a symbol of Palestinian support and resistance, made ...

“The event,” as theologian Karl Barth has called Vatican Council II, reached its formal close ... after the final “Black Week” of the third session, when Pope Paul withdrew the declaration ...

The National Catholic Reporter, a newspaper founded during the Second Vatican Council that leans left politically and religiously, said it scored the interview with Pelosi after reporter Camillo ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall that was created by Palestinian artists from Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. The baby Jesus’s cradle is ...

The Vatican is the center of the Roman Catholic Church and is the world’s smallest city, with an area of just 0.17 square miles. It has a small population of 764 as of 2023. The “Holy See ...

In his letter, Cupich wrote that “we all have benefited from the renewal of the Church ushered in by the Second Vatican Council.” “By recognizing this relationship between how we worship ...

Pope Francis is only opening one "sacred portal" on this year's Christmas Eve. The other four will be opened over the following days and weeks, up until Jan. 5, 2025. Also, the ritual of opening ...