The Italians have an indispensible saying. Se non è vero, è ben trovato. “If it’s not true, it’s well found.” That’s how they suggest that it’s possible to miss the thrust of a truth by fretting ...

Leo XIV dedicated his third Sunday as pope to the city and diocese of Rome, and from “the mother church of the world”—the Basilica of St. John Lateran—he told the people that he loved them and, in a ...

On the feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Baldassare Reina opened the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, the third such ceremony since Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of 2025 ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, Rome's cathedral, and declared himself a Roman. He visited St. Mary Major, praying at Pope Francis' ...

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the ...

In 2024, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of Christianity and an irreplaceable point in the history of the West, turns 1700 years old. For over ten centuries, it was the papal ...

The basilica of St. John Lateran, “the mother of all the churches of Rome and the world”, is leading the way in embracing new media by offering guided tours with an iPod. With the help of sacred music ...

Pope Leo XIV has completed the final ceremonial steps to formalizing his role as the bishop of Rome. The pontiff formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, Rome’s cathedral and the ...

I don't know if this ever happens on any other Sunday or feast day, but there's something very strange about the scriptures today because they seem to indicate that we really ought not to be ...

The Lateran Basilica tells the story of Christianity itself to the West and the world: it is the mother church of Christianity, the first public Christian church established in the heart of the Roman ...