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 ...

They always showed slender and austere Pope Pius XII (he was pope from 1939 to 1958, Google reports) being carried around seated in a portable throne on the shoulders of the gaily clad Swiss ...

A Sacred Emblem of Merida Over the centuries, chroniclers, historians and art critics have turned their attention to what is undoubtedly the most iconic monument in the Yucatecan capital, penning a ...

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

The U.S. embassy’s annual celebration, held June 30, commemorated the 41st anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between ...

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican's radio transmitter station in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy, a Vatican extra territory outside of Rome, on June 19, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media ...

Pope Leo XIV condemns war and the "allure of powerful and sophisticated weapons" in an appeal for peace at the conclusion of his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 18, 2025.

This practice, stemming from Pope Pius XII's 1957 encyclical "Fidei Donum," meaning "gift of faith,” aims to strengthen younger churches with personnel and resources from older, established ones. Born ...

Object Details artist Kane, Paul Raphael (copy after) Subject Julian II Notes Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 14 Toronto Society of Arts: Second Exhibition, 1848. Open from nine o'clock in ...