As a pope who wanted to stay close to the people and at times advocated a more moderate line at the Church, Pope Francis ...

"Pope Francis stood with the weak and the poor. He called attention to the threats posed by the environmental exploitation of ...

Through her the Lord Jesus communicates to the world the great ... She was baptized with the name Helena in the parish Church of Swinice Warckie. From a very tender age she stood out because ...

They are used chiefly to illuminate and ornament our altars ... on an altar or sacred things means the name Jesus; for it is in that way the Holy Name is written in the Greek language when ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Easter-egg decorating is an ancient tradition with deep roots extending at least into the medieval period of European history ...

It's safe to say that most of us are familiar with at least some of the names and titles used to describe Jesus in the Bible.

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

These amulets were not ornaments alone; they were believed to guard the dead against harm in the afterlife, and hold them fast on their journey through the underworld. The symbolism of the Eye ...

Pope Francis, formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was the first Latin-American pontiff in the history of the ...