For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

But Pope Pius XII was not completely silent either, especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and published in The New York Times (Dec. 25 ...

A newly-uncovered Vatican 1942 letter suggests that then-Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi genocide. The letter describes crematoriums and the mass murder of Jewish and Polish people.

Pope Pius XII funeral in 1958. INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty. Pius XII was externally preserved using oils and resins before being wrapped in cellophane, a system believed to be used with cloth ...

Progressives may embrace Pope Francis for his virtue signaling, but if historians focus on actions rather than words, then Francis’ legacy will be more Pius XII than John Paul II.

Pope Francis' new memoir — 5 things we learn In ... which began on Christmas ... Though billed by the publisher as the first memoir by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the ...

The shortest conclave ever, according to the Vatican, took place in 1503 after Pope Pius III died. Pope Julius II was elected the new leader after a conclave that lasted for only a few hours ...

The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust. Entire books have already been written about the ...

Surprising Fact. Pope St. Paul VI established the Pontifical Commission on the Spiritual Care of Migrants and Itinerants in 1970, a Vatican office to support refugees, migrants, exiles—and ...

After his election in 1978, Pope John Paul started the tradition of erecting a tall tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, until then devoid of any visible sign of Christmas.

ROME — Newly discovered correspondence suggests that the World War II-era pope, Pius XII, had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each ...

A post shared on X claims that Pope Francis is opening up five “sacred portals” in a “ritual that has never been done before.” Verdict: Misleading The “ritual” or the opening of the ...