In a video released a few days before the meeting, Pope Leo said his four favorite films were: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the ...

The pope shared his four favorite films, and spoke to Hollywood heavyweights about why cinemagoing matters so much in the ...

Smith Cameron, Joanna Hogg, Gaspar Noe, Albert Serra, and Bertrand Bonello, the pope spoke of movie-making in genuinely ...

But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality.

“Never meet your heroes” is an old adage, but it’s apparently one that Surrealist superstar Salvador Dalí never paid much mind. In fact, even after a disappointing meeting with the father of ...

“Seldom in history have a man’s four-score years been turned with greater joy to all men who seek peace and righteousness here on earth, with greater and holier triumph following long days when bodily ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Giuseppe Wang Zhengui, 62, was installed and ordained as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday (Sept. 10) in an important milestone for a ...

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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a ...

During another Jubilee Year 75 years ago, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption. Pius XII — whom the Church now honors as “Venerable” in recognition of his heroic virtue — ...

Japan’s diplomatic relations with the Vatican date back to the arrival of Francis Xavier (1502–1552) and the subsequent history of the hidden Christians. This is not remembered by the Vatican as a ...