The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

Among the many traditions and rituals that come into play following the death of a pope, one that has once again garnered ...

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

ROME (CNS) — Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John simply say that Roman soldiers crucified him. They don’t say how. Each of ...

In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life 'on wings ...

The final days of practice for the annual Pilsen Via Crucis are a "very pressured routine" and labor of love and tradition.

WORCESTER ― Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus called Pope Francis a pastor of the people who had a "will of steel" and wanted, with God's grace, to get through Lent despite his ill health.

Charles and Camilla paid tribute to Pope Francis for his compassion and tireless commitment to the common causes of all ...