The full title of the document — Exsul Familia Nazarethana, or “The Exiled Nazarene Family” — refers to Jesus, Mary and ...

Most recently, scholars have been flocking to the archive to read through the documents of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, the wartime pope who has been criticized for not having spoken out ...

Ghislieri would later become Pope Pius V and would set up a formal spy agency called the Holy Alliance. In the 19th Century, the Papacy realised it needed to once again fire up a formal ...

then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius V in the mid 16th century. Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585, and it is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents ...

Pius’ actions during the Holocaust have been the subject of debate for decades. (JTA) — A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a State Visit to the Holy See in April. It is an historic moment as the Supreme ...

Yet it has not always been this way. It was only with Pope Pius IX in the mid-19th century that the papacy would become so visible. He was the first to have his picture widely displayed in ...

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.