(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

After a short period of time, a cardinal appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and makes the announcement in Latin: “Habemus papam!” – “We have a pope!” He then announces which cardinal has ...

I’ve been writing about the themes in St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” We have reached the point where St. John ...

Does Satan love the First Amendment? We can’t say for sure, but that’s what one Connecticut man claimed in an outlandish email to five cities as he admonished them for flying the Christian flag on ...

Trump’s tariffs hit an unlikely target—handmade Irish Christian art—and echo an ancient struggle over the sacred across ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

A personable Maltese cardinal and one of the papabili (pope tips) is the prelate to whom Francis entrusted his last "creature ...

Cross necklaces have, in a way, become the jewelry of choice most associated with President Donald Trump’s second ...

Varthamanappusthakam’’ is the travelogue, featuring the historic journey of Mar Kariattil and Thoma Kathanar to Rome in the ...

In the heart of Central Europe, a growing movement of Hungarian Christians is raising their collective voice for peace, ...

From Palaeolithic cave paintings to cruciform churches and Sydney’s Kings Cross, this deceptively primitive intersection of two lines has enduring symbolic power.

The New York Times has faced widespread criticism for an article that described a holy Christian symbol as 'in vogue.' The piece, which explored the growing trend of cross jewelry, sparked outrage ...