Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

"If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a map is worth a million." Woman's visit to monastery sparks eye-opening ...

The Vatican has released a health update on Pope Francis 12 years after he was first elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Thursday, March 13, marks a special day for Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. And he has personally directed that his ...

A media report says the Vatican’s doctrine office could be close to a decision in the case of the ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik. According to OSV News, a “sentence is expected in the not too ...

Nuns attend a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) A woman prays next to the statue of Pope John Paul II, outside ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old ...

The idea of respecting and preserving, rather than fully reversing age, was the new lens through which I would view art − and my own place in the world on this birthday ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis participated remotely in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat Tuesday after getting good news from his doctors: They upgraded his prognosis and say he is no longer in ...

VATICAN CITY, March 13 — Pope Francis, who has been in hospital since February 14 with pneumonia in both lungs, is stable and talk has turned to when he might go home. But the Argentine has still not ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday (Mar 10), in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old ...