(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

People pray during a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on April ...

Catholics in the D.C. region gathered at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for Ash Wednesday as Lent begins. Cardinal ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

A music review by Shirley Politzer No matter how devoted a Bach lover you were, over 3 hours of Bach’s St Matthew Passion in 1727 (its premiere in Leipzig) was a long listen, even with a strong ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday has triggered a period of mourning across the Catholic Church, including in Washington. The pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that put him in a coma and led to ...

The result was the 121-foot wide Church of St. Paul the Apostle, which at the time of its completion in 1885, boasted the largest truss-arch ceiling of its kind in the world. The Gothic exterior ...

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, "Hope," Francis spoke of his ...