Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

David Lodge's novels—as well as his many works of nonfiction—made him an important figure in 20th-century British literature.

Hollywood teamed up with the Catholic Church. The result was the Production Code, a document that dictated what movies could and could not depict.

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...