A CIA document recently declassified by U.S. President Donald Trump mentions meetings between two popes and a former director ...

a cardinal advises the Pope on church policy, helps run the Vatican’s huge bureaucracy, and will elect one of his number to the papacy when John XXIII dies. But he is also a prince; letters to ...

At 103 years of age, Mexican Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra is a living witness to the history of the Catholic ...

Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, and John Paul I, all of whom played pivotal roles in modernizing the church. By adopting both names, Pope John Paul II acknowledged their influence while suggesting ...

The late Pope John XXIII kept a secret diary in which, among other matters, he detailed the dilemma that faced Pope Pius XII in regard to raising his voice against Hitler’s persecution of Jews ...