In 846, a massive fleet of Arab sea raiders struck Italy at the perfect moment, sacking Ostia and sailing up the Tiber toward the heart of Western Christendom. From the looting of St Peter’s to Pope ...

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Finnish Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran shepherds gathered in Rome to meet Leo and share their common Christian witness.

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional ...

The pontiff will live in a newly prepared space above the traditional papal apartment, created from former staff and guest ...

The Roman diocese, led by Pope Leo XIV, has ordered a church to alter an angel's face painted on a fresco that bears a close ...

The face of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni that was painted on a cherub in a church in Rome has been removed following outrage and an investigation by the country’s cultural ministry.

The Angel Meloni is no more. A painting of a cherub resembling Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been painted over at the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina.

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

COMMENTARY: The much-maligned resurrection sculpture in the Paul VI Hall reveals a deeper truth about Christ’s wounds, glory ...