Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea ... a willing collaborator in the form of Herod’s father, Antipater, who was made procurator—financial ...

Since being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, the Holy Father’s weekly general audiences are suspended for the duration of his at-least-two-month convalescence in his Casa ...

Before being discharged Sunday afternoon, the Holy Father appeared on a fifth-floor balcony of Gemelli Hospital to briefly greet and bless approximately 3,000 people gathered in a square outside ...

The following is a prayer said at the ordination of a priest: Lord, holy Father, … when you had appointed high priests to rule your people, you chose other men next to them in rank and dignity ...