Cultural anthropologists tell us that one of the characteristics of our postmodern age is a disregard for history. Catholicism itself, however, exists in a tradition that recognizes doctrinal ...

ROME — Four decades after the close of the Second Vatican Council, some theologians believe that Dei Verbum, the document on divine revelation issued in December 1965, may prove to be the council’s ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: The debate over how God reveals himself was a central part of Vatican II and continues to nourish the Church. A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, ...

Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...

Visitors are pictured in a file photo looking at a Caravaggio painting titled "St. Jerome Writing" during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Pope Francis released an apostolic letter on ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the incident served as a reminder of the enduring historical and cultural value ...