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lobia National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan, also known as Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians, in Shanghai, China....

Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died April 30. The year she was born, St...

Marco Iacubucci A sea of red hats as cardinals meet in Rome in April 2024. COMMENTARY: Drawing on the best of the Francis papacy,...

Courtesy photo Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy...

Daniel Ibañez/CNA Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the V...

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “St. Joseph and the Sleeping Christ Child” (Detail), ca. 1668-75, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Miss...

Rembrandt, “St. Paul at His Writing Desk,” c. 1629 St. Peter warns that Scripture can be distorted — and that Christians need more...

John Deighan (r), head of Scotland’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), is pictured next to a copy of a newspaper coverin...

Alex Wong A supporter of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 30, 2025, in...

A bust of Seneca from the collection of the Herzog Anton-Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig, Germany, is seen with a background of St. Patrick’s...

Daniel Ibañez Cardinal Leonardo Sandri celebrates Mass on the fifth day of Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, at St. P...

Sean Boyce Cardinal William Goh speaks during an interview with EWTN News on April 19, 2024, in Singapore. In a pastoral letter pu...

Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Cardinal Camillo Ruini answers questions at the Vatican press office on June 17, 2014. Cardinal Ruini was a clos...

LOR Pope Francis waves to pilgrims from China at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 28, 2017. COMMENTARY: Five ar...

Graythen The St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010....

Centro Televisivo Vaticano/Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Archbishop Cardinal John Njue and Archbishop Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera. Matt...

Daniel Ibañez/CNA Cardinals celebrate the Novendiales Masses on the fourth day of mourning for Pope Francis on April 29, 2025, in St. Pete...

JOHANNES EISELE A young girl celebrates Pope Francis as he appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected the 266th po...

Vatican Media Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, where Bernini's gorgeous bronze monument to the Chair of Peter acts as a massive...

Juan Alejandro The European Union we know today began as the brainchild of three great Catholic statesmen, intellectually formed by mid-20...

Roberto Gobbo Unknown, “St. Pius V and the Miracle of the Crucifix” (Detail), 18th Century This reforming pope, renowned for his s...

Marko Orlovic Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne in Germany The 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis lasted j...

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Pilgrims visit Rome for the Jubilee of People With Disabilities on Monday, April 28, 2025. Thousands of people from more than 90 cou...

Cardinal John Ribat, when he was made a cardinal in 2016 The cardinal from Papua New Guinea says the Church needs a holy and unifyin...