Greece, fifth century b.c. To accommodate the sculpture, Phidias raised the height of the cella. He also installed a large rectangular pool filled with olive oil in front of the statue. Since the ...

Mesopotamia, eighth century b.c. Streams and irrigation canals shown on both reliefs are also mentioned in a text commissioned by Sennacherib that records his grand efforts to transform Nineveh. This ...

In recent weeks, as the Church marked the 60th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council, a quotation from Pope St. Paul VI — “from some fissure the smoke of Satan has entered the temple ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Centuries of Vatican history arrive in Minnesota as “Vatican Unveiled” opens tomorrow at Mall of America. The exhibition features ...

Pope Leo XIV talks during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2026. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s Jan. 14, 2026, ...

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing as he stands next to a round mosaic featuring his portrait at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2026. The mosaic will be hung within Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.

Mall of America is celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Catholic Church of Minnesota. The mall will host an exhibit called Vatican Unveiled, featuring the largest collection of papal artifacts ...

Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and kneelers in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, 31 of the diocese’s ...

Little is known publicly about the closed-door conversations held among the world's cardinals when they gathered in Rome last week for Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory. But a leaked ...

Deena Emera was mesmerized by the images on the screen. “They were beautiful,” she says of the slides she saw in December—each a microscopic closeup of a bowhead whale’s ovary. The images were ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the Cardinals gathered at St. Peter's Basilica for his first Extraordinary Consistory in Vatican City on January 8, 2026. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday beneath Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling, continuing an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday ...