A confirmation Mass is held at St. Mary's Parish on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Franklin, Massachusetts. / Credit: St.

Pope Leo XIV speaks in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media By Victoria Cardiel ...

Two new parishes in a predominantly Muslim country and a small Catholic community growing silently, step by step. In Uzbekistan, the Catholic Church has a ...

One was a high-profile defendant watched by more than 100 journalists. Another was an unknown man who preyed on a girl almost half his age. Their stories played out minutes apart, one entirely out of ...

The chronology of the Reformation no longer opens with Luther’s 95 Theses. The seeds of revolt were planted long before 1517.

ADELLE M BANKS reports on the opening of a new memorial to the nine people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Bible study ...

Every celebration of the Eucharist ends with a sending. Having been gathered by Christ, formed by His Word and nourished by His Body and Blood, the faithful are told to go forth. The dismissal is not ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Nearly 430 years after they were killed in a bloody uprising by Native people they came to the New World to baptize, five Spanish missionaries will be elevated to a step away from ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo to begin a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, weeks after lung surgery and amid ...