“the pope doesn’t have to be a great theologian – but he has to be in tune with the zeitgeist”

Follow the Vatican’s journey to appoint the next direct successor of Saint Peter

Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics had gathered ...

ADDRESSING AN ECSTATIC CROWD GATHERED IN St. Peter’s Square as the newly annointed leader of the Roman Catholic Church, American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost used the world’s most famous pulpit to

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline

A personal approach to the Renaissance

Emily Briffett: Why does the 14th century, which is often dubbed ‘calamitous’, have such a bad reputation? Helen Carr: Some pretty bad things happened during the 14th century – including the greatest