French artist Jacques Joseph “James” Tissot (1836-1902) was known for his paintings of European high society during the latter part of the 19th century. However, in 1885, he experienced a ...

(photo: Vitor Oliveira / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World April 2, 2025 While a Catholic shrine in ... through his Rome-based art and theology center, the Centro ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his condition is improving, the Vatican press office said. When the pope formally ...

2399 The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

It is not often that a papal encyclical inspires an art exhibit. But Fairfield University ... Mattingly, who was brought up Catholic, said that she feels "an affinity with Laudato Si', especially ...

April 14, 2025 • Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic from the Bhamla Lab at the Georgia Institute of ...

AP ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church ... by a larger-than-life monstrance. One of the catechists ...

Created in the Grotesque style, the 16th-century images—revealed by renovations at a lodge in England—mimic historic textile designs Known as the “forgotten Monet,” Blanche Hoschedé-Monet ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church‘s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square. But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the church in ...