From the beginning of his election as the successor to St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV has summoned the Church to a renewed faith in the one Savior. As he said emphatically in the opening Mass of his ...

The Council of Nicaea convened during the pontificate of Pope Sylvester I in 325. The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican. (photo: Giovanni Guerra ...

A senior US diplomat will travel to Türkiye this week as part of Washington’s participation in events marking the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, which Pope Leo XIV will also ...

On Sunday, 20 April, more than two billion Christians around the world will celebrate Easter, the most sacred day of the church calendar. When they do so, their celebration will draw on a tradition ...

Pope Francis on Thursday reiterated his wish to visit Türkiye in 2025 to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, which has a special place in Christian history, a meeting held in ...

When the Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D., both the church and the empire were in a state of flux. A little more than a decade earlier, Constantine had legalized ...

In the past week, scientists announced the discovery of ancient Roman ruins underneath the surface of the lake in Iznik, Turkey. But this was not just any archaeological discovery. They have may have ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen On Sunday, just ahead of his trip to Türkiye and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV wrote about the 1700th ...

The church of Aghia Sophia in Nicaea (Izmit), in which the 787 Council was held, was used as a museum. A controversial decision by the Directorate General of Religious Affairs transforms it into a ...

The church of Aghia Sophia in Nicaea (Izmit), in which the 787 Council was held, was used as a museum. A controversial decision by the Directorate General of Religious Affairs transforms it into a ...