The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have ... filthy leftist” – since the death of the reforming Pope John XXIII in 1963. Other “filthy leftists” in the church tend to ...

The Autobiography by Pope Francis (Translated from Italian by Richard Dixon); Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church by Philip Shenon ...

It is often said that history is prophecy. Understanding the past can help us anticipate the future. Yet, history is not always a reliable predictor, as it is shaped by countless unforeseen variables.

But there was a darker side, as the Italian daily Il Messaggero spelled out after she died. It said her death ... short during a papal audience (Pope John XXIII) at St Peter’s Basilica in ...

According to tradition, he died in the presence of Jesus and Mary ... Pope Pius IX named him Patron of the Universal Church, and pope John XXIII included his name in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic ...

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first established by Blessed Pope John XXIII in 1963 during the II Vatican Council. There had been discussions and delays and unauthorized interim reports from Rome prior to 1968. The enlarged ...

Matthew Nguyen died Nov. 18 of multiple blunt force injuries ... Tran said there would be a viewing service all day Tuesday at Pope St. John XXIII Parish, 7025 Park Ave. S., ...

As the Kennedy administration considered its response, with the threat of nuclear war looming, Pope John XXIII begged for peace in a public radio address, in a speech to Vatican ambassadors and ...

As the Kennedy administration considered its response, with the threat of nuclear war looming, Pope John XXIII begged for peace in a public radio address, in a speech to Vatican ambassadors and also ...

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died ROME -- Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic ...