Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...

Pope Francis may visit Corsica for a December 14-15 conference organized by the Diocese of Ajaccio. He would be the first pope to set foot on the island, despite a long history connecting the Vatican ...

The conclave system may seem dramatic, but it was developed after centuries of outside interference and looting.

who turned 90 in July and had been the papal preacher since 1980 when St. John Paul II appointed him. Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis respectively confirmed his position, and Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis canonized 14 new saints on Sunday, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam. In a Mass in St. Peter ...

History was made on Nov. 5, when Francis, the first Jesuit pope, visited the Gregorian University, the oldest and largest pontifical university in Rome, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1551 ...

There’s been a massive breakthrough in the world of Final Fantasy VII. Not the new remakes on PlayStation 5, but the original 1997 game. A new skip makes it possible to jump right to Aerith’s ...

and St. Charles de Foucauld. Pope Francis speaks at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 23, 2024. An altar painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Francesco de Rhoden inside the ...

In 2018 film buffs thought they had seen the last of the “Sharknado” sequels, in which shivers of hungry predators are hauled out of the ocean by storms, sent hurtling through the sky and then ...

Pope Francis has canonized 14 new saints, including a group of martyrs from Syria, in a move that could symbolize a call for peace in the war-torn region. In a ceremony in St. Peter's Square ...

For the third time this week, a post on Pope Francis' X account included the ... who is a personal friend of New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond. Benson has donated millions to local Catholic ...