Barbara Jatta, 54, is an Italian art historian and graphic arts expert, who had been serving as vice-director of the museums since June.

Father Louis J. Cameli writes that the church’s instructions on candidates for the priesthood do not explicitly prohibit gay men.

The pope is turning 80 this Saturday.

In his homily for the feast, Pope Francis denounced the exclusion of so many people “from the train of life.”

While other manifestations of Mary claim at most a region or country, Guadalupe is the only one to reign over two continents.