The Worst Popes in History

On April 15, 2019, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was consumed by a terrible fire. A dark day that will quickly give way to the creative fire of architects, to rebuild this iconic monument of the city of light. Started almost the day after the tragedy,...

Get to know the life of Mexican nun, poet and scholar, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, who was censored by the Church for her critical writings.

St. Peter’s is, quite simply, the most impressive building that Catholic piety could imagine and sixteenth-century engineering could create. But it isn’t just a Renaissance masterpiece. The basilica was built on the remains of early Christianity’s greates...

Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton.