Under the relentless gaze of St. Peter being crucified upside down, painted by Michelangelo between 1545 and 1550, Pope Leo and the curial cardinals are currently following the sermons of ...
With Catholicism’s long connection with the arts, from Michelangelo making the Sistine Chapel a place of transcendence to the Vatican Museums’ huge troves of artifacts and art, it’s worth looking at ...
The story that dominated the Catholic news headlines in 2025 was, of course, the death of Pope Francis and the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. These were NCR's most read — not necessarily the most ...