Francis died just over a month after his 12th anniversary as pope. He had the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many ...

In 1856, Pope Pius IX added the feast of the Sacred Heart to the universal church calendar. The encyclical explores the role ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que está en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived ...

Pope Pius IX, who as a boy had prayed before the picture in San Matteo, became interested in the discovery. But at that time, the ruins of San Matteo were in the grounds of a convent of the ...

Today, what we can admire in his ideal town is a paved square around which stand the cathedral, the bishop’s palace, the town ...

Pope Francis honors La Civiltà Cattolica on its 175th anniversary, praising its faithful journalism, service to the Church, and commitment to truth and dialogue.

On March 13, 2013, the sky over Rome turned white for the election of Pope Francis. He became the 266th Pope on a list led by ...

Catholic tradition has designated elderly men to the highest office in the Vatican. We look back at the oldest popes throughout history The longest-lived pope in the history of the ...

While early popes endured the split of the Roman Empire, the Crusades and the Italian Renaissance, more recent popes have had to deal with how to integrate the religion's historically strict teachings ...

Pope Pius IX formally instituted the celebration of the Immaculate Conception when he proclaimed this dogma on December 8, 1854. Affirming the constant faith of the Church, he expressed in that ...