Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The portrayal of Jesus as a ... The 16th-century German artist Albrecht Dürer blurred the line between the holy face and his own ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate ...

“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis 80 years ago this week for supporting a plot to kill Hitler. Now his legacy is ...

"Breakspear was a young, impoverished lad from England, with no family connections, no money, and it was quite remarkable ...

German filmmaker Wim Wenders famously explored the late Pope's life in his 2018 documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word" ...

Hundreds of people – including leaders of various faiths – attend a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Chicago’s Holy Name ...

When Bonhoeffer returned to Germany, he encountered a German church that had largely capitulated to the Nazis. Swastika flags adorned the outsides of churches. And the Nazis reinvented Jesus as a ...

Following the funeral Mass led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista, the coffin of Pope Francis was carried through the streets to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in central Rome. The late pontiff had ...