Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish master whose brushstroke ... boasts four alone including The Elevation of the Cross and The Descent from the Cross. The paintings are immense: the former measures 462 x ...

John on Thursday also cleared up speculation over his allegiances in the cross-town Cubs-White Sox ... was of French and Italian descent, and his mother, Mildred Martínez, was of Spanish descent.

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... "Sit here while I go over there and pray." He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to feel ...

VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square ... "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed with that mission," he said.

Any of those cardinals could have emerged as pope on Thursday, but, to the shock of Vatican experts, oddsmakers, and especially Prevost, it was his brother who appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

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Cardinals and others attend a Mass of mourning for Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican ... He was born to suffer and die on the cross and rise again on Easter morning.

Pope John Paul ... the descent of the Holy Spirit. This was, in essence, the institution of the sacrament of confirmation. The disciples can now go forth and boldly proclaim the Gospel as Peter ...

Arguably actor Peter Weller’s most iconic theatrical role, 1987’s RoboCop is a classic sci-fi action movie of the era. The Paul Verhoeven-directed story follows police officer Alex Murphy ...

Lock your doors and turn on the lights... We're diving into television's most bone-chilling moments that left viewers ...