The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

Pope Francis, as well as all the pontiffs who preceded him since 1939, defended migrants and immigration. What stance will ...

The centenary year of St. Thérèse’s canonization began Jan. 4 and will continue until Christmas, with a weekend of celebrations taking place May 16–18 in Lisieux, France.

His career in the church, and his rise through its institutions, has only one major drawback, and it is a familiar one.

That ancient icon, much beloved by the local people, gained new prominence toward the end of World War II, when Pope Pius XII asked ... he chose Christmas 1538 for that first Mass in St. Mary ...

At the Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree ... During the Holocaust, Pope Pius XII famously kept silent about the fate of Europe’s Jews even though evidence suggests that he knew of the plans for ...

Canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1925, then declared a doctor of the Church by John Paul II in 1997 ... began on Jan. 4 and will continue until next Christmas, with a weekend of celebrations taking ...

Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as concerned Catholics around the world pray for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed last week that he will remain ...

Francis himself quipped that his successor would be John XXIV, after the progressive Vatican II-era pope. The most popular papal name of the 20th century, Pius, would be a clear signal that a ...