The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the pope’s vicar for the Diocese of Rome, and included ...

Editor’s note: Because of global time zones and the international date line, Church News coverage of the Auckland New Zealand Temple’s media day on Monday, Feb. 24, is being published on Sunday, Feb.

When the 40-year construction of the historic Salt Lake Temple was finally completed in 1893, a public open house was scheduled by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It lasted ...

Plenipotentiaries for both sides met at a table in the historic St. John Lateran palace and signed the agreement ending the dispute that had lasted since 1870. Benito Mussolini premier of Italy ...

The Lateran Treaty dates back to February 11, 1929. Under the treaty, Pope Pius XI was given full sovereignty over the tiny Vatican City State. Historian John Schmidt recalls what happened during ...