Turning to those living vowed religious life, the Pope said the Church asks them 'to be prophets: messengers who proclaim the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached ...

The lambs — carried in baskets dressed in white with red roses for St. Agnes’ virginity and martyrdom — were later blessed in ...

A seemingly esoteric dispute over the proper way to take Communion signals the rising power of more traditional voices within ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what to skip: there are so many churches, archaeological sites, piazzas and ...

Pope Leo XIV receives the gifts from women religious as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 2, 2026. The Mass also marked ...

It’s no understatement to state that, as the Minster acknowledges, he’s among the more obscure saints of medieval England. His claim to sainthood rests not on ...

Fr. Elissandro Marcelo Caldas, the pastor of Toronto's St. Norbert’s Parish, received the unexpected honour to accompany a holy relic of St. Carlo Acutis from Assisi, Italy, to St. Michael’s Cathedral ...

By Elias Turk Across continents, Filipino Catholics have emerged as what Pope Francis once memorably called “smugglers of the ...

The Guildhall is a delightful timber-framed building jettying out at its first and second storeys and standing airily on an ...

After the darkened basilica was filled with light, Pope Leo, who joined the Order of St. Augustine as a young man and served as a missionary in Peru for decades, reflected on the mission of religious ...

Edward J. McCannConcord, NH - Edward J. McCann, age 96, of Concord died on January 7, 2026 after a short period of declining health.Ed was born in Concord to the late Ann and Edward P. McCann on March ...