Walking into St. Peter’s Basilica, there he was, depicted in a huge mural on a wall. He still wasn’t smiling, although he ...

The Borgias became prominent in both ecclesiastical and political affairs, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as ...

The last to use a gestatory chair was John Paul I. The sedia gestatoria (portable chair) of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823). Credit: Jebulon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons For longer journeys ...

Paul VI stopped using the tiara and chose to wear ... A 1939 film that includes the coronation of Pope Pius XII shows crowds roaring in St. Peter’s Square, as he was carried on an elevated ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

First the audience with the tennis superstar Sinner, then the meeting with the athletes from Napoli, and now, Pope Leo XIV ...

Law’s character took on the name Pope Pius XIII. Diane Keaton co-starred ... journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025, at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images The ...

At the start of the 20th century, cycling in Europe had become so popular that it led to the creation of the Tour de France in 1903 and the Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy) in 1909.

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

In a tribute to Pope Francis and his message of hope for the Jubilee Year, elite cyclists rode through Vatican City and its ...

Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius XII and Pope Pius XI. Recent popes have made numerous missionary trips abroad after they became pope — including Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope ...

Then, at the death of Paul VI in 1978, the newly elected pope ... thanks to Leo XIII. In 1931, Pope Pius XI, on the fortieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum, reaffirmed its teaching.