Can a sick pope continue to govern the Catholic Church? Who replaces him when he is no longer capable? The question arises as ...

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

Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth ...

(Bull of the Holy Office, 1613, referring to a privilege purportedly recorded in the bull, Sacratissimo ubi culmine, March 3, 1322, by Pope John XII, a bull no longer considered authentic-- See F.

Not so Pope Francis this week. It was not a spokesman, but the Pope himself, and his letter was drafted in the form customary ...

What it did not find time to do was to stop the abuse of children by Catholic priests. A church founded by a man who ...

Having just celebrated the Sinulog Festival in honor of the Child Jesus, Cebuanos must still be nursing a religious hangover, if you can call it that. Imagine w ...

John 15:18-20 In recent years ... 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.

During its first three years, while his friend and protector Pope Pius XII was alive ... democracy and the redistribution of wealth. Pope John XXIII has been less enthusiastic about Father ...

Included in the painting are figures of the local bishop as well as Pope Pius XII (who consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942), Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.