Despite the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which condemned Arianism and affirmed Christ’s divinity, many continued to deny that Jesus was truly God. A few decades later, the divinity of the ...

A “cloak of silence.” As Fondacio prepares to mark its 50th anniversary May 30, that’s the phrase current leaders use to describe the long-standing hush surrounding the early history of ...

First Regina Coeli of Pope Leo XIV, Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, May 11, 2025. (Photo by picture alliance / Stefano Spaziani/Newscom/MaxPPP) U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost didn’t write much. No sweeping interviews in Jesuit journals. No autobiographical catecheses. No manifestos. But in the quiet preface he penned for a textbook on social ...

The eighteenth century composition “The Council of Nicaea,” by F. Pavlovskyi, I. Maksimovych, and A. Galik and others. In Gate Church of the Trinity (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves). (Photo by H ...

The bus speeds past sun-drenched olive groves on its way to the small rural town of Iznik, in Turkey’s Bursa province, two and a half hours from Istanbul. Iznik—once known as Nicaea—still ...

Ante Gabric, often called the “Apostle of the Sundarbans,” was a Croatian Jesuit priest whose life and mission left an enduring mark on the Catholic Church in eastern India. Born Feb. 28, 1915 ...

“Church chatterboxes.” That’s the half-teasing nickname coined by a slightly exasperated veteran Vatican reporter. Since the May 8 election of Leo XIV, several cardinal-electors have spoken ...

The election of Leo XIV signals a new “Catholic moment” for the United States —or the continuation of one—but also opens the door to rethinking what “America” means for the world in ...

and the name of Peter’s successor.

Interview: Jean-Marc Lavergne, one of two French judges appointed by the United Nations to serve in the Khmer Rouge trials in Phnom Penh reflects on one of the 20th century’s greatest atrocities.

The early moves of any new pope are closely watched and widely interpreted. What will he do? What will he decide? At the Vatican, people are slowly getting to know the successor to Francis.