The crosier is the principal symbol of a bishop, and it represents his office and authority. The crosier resembles a walking ...

Alessandro de Franciscis is anything but an ordinary doctor. For the past 17 years, the 70-year-old Italian American ...

Pope Leo XIV reiterated his "urbi et orbi" message from Easter, asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, in a tacit rebuke of President Donald Trump's threat that a ...

In the writings of Pope St. John Paul II, we find a principle he often calls the Law of the Gift. He formulated it in various ways in different writings, but one might state it as follows: "God gave ...

As the astronauts of NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in half a century reached their closest approach to the moon, the team's pilot reminded the Earth of Jesus Christ's command to love both God and ...

The Archdiocesan Council of Women (ACCW) will hold its 93rd annual convention May 1 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Hastings, with the theme Shine Your Light into the Darkness.

Inside the ancient arena of the Roman Empire that crucified Christ, Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through the darkness of night on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum, leading about 30,000 in prayer for ...

Vice President JD Vance will publish a new book this summer exploring his conversion to Catholicism as an adult, The Associated Press reported March 31.

Pope Leo XIV offered Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square Sunday proclaiming that with Christ's resurrection "death has been conquered forever” and "no longer has power over us." ...

Ahead of Easter, Martin Scorsese's docudrama series about the saints is featuring the queen of all saints: Mary, the mother of Jesus.

In the days ahead of Holy Week, several Catholic leaders issued messages denouncing antisemitism, stressing Church teaching on the issue as the faithful solemnly commemorate Christ's passion and death ...

It's the landmark court decision some are calling Big Tech's "tobacco industry moment": a verdict that -- just like the ...