To the north of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican stands a tall structure called the Tower of the Winds, also referred to as ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

Benedict IX, a pope in the 11th century, holds the rare distinction of becoming a pope three times, selling the papacy, being ...

The alignment of Easter in Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, along with a 1,700-year anniversary, have renewed ...

These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Easter marked a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate of ...

Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 ...

But while most Western churches calculate the date using the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, Eastern Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar, established by ...

The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

The simplest way to explain why Easter falls on a different date each year is this: It falls on the first Sunday after the ...