COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

That is not technically true. That honour belongs to Pope Pius II’s 15th-century chronicles, The Commentaries, a 13-book account of his life that is considered a seminal text in Renaissance ...

But Francis decided to release the book sooner to coincide with the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year, which began on Christmas ... by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the ...

But Francis decided to release the book sooner to coincide with the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year, which began on Christmas Eve ... publisher as the first memoir by a sitting pope, it trails Pope ...