Popes have bestowed golden roses on warriors, rulers, women – and, increasingly in recent decades, shrines.
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The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.
The English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 wasn’t an isolated outburst. Across medieval Europe, ordinary people challenged the authority of rulers who failed to live up to their end of the bargain.
A community – bystanders, law enforcement, colleagues and family – is likely to deny an atrocity when acknowledging it requires action.
Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.
The Catholic Church’s teachings on ‘just war’ have guided leaders’ long history of opposing many military interventions.
Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who presented themselves as white.
Mainstream medical organizations have criticized ‘restorative reproductive medicine,’ but some Catholics who follow church teachings consider it a welcome alternative.
During his visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV met several leaders of Christian communities and worked to promote cooperation between Christians and Muslims.
The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.
Two groups of clergy challenged a Washington state law meant to help fight child abuse – but which could have required clergy to break the seal of confession.
The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas.
New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak about immigration with their congregations.
The most recent Pope Leo’s writings about workers’ rights amid the Industrial Revolution form the foundation of modern Catholic social teachings.
In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.
Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may continue that legacy.
Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the South American country.
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV – an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who championed the rights of workers and criticized the conditions in which they lived.
‘Cultural Catholics’ who rarely attend Mass now make up half of the US church.
From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope’s first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal his intentions as leader of the Catholic Church.
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