The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful GENAZZANO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ...

The centenary year of St. Thérèse’s canonization began Jan. 4 and will continue until Christmas, with a weekend of ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but ...

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square ...