During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor ...

I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after placing a white ...

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

On Nov. 11, 1969, Veterans Day, Cardinal Richard Cushing dedicated St. Francis Chapel located within the Prudential Center in Boston. Its origins might be traced to the 1947 arrival of the Franciscan ...

Even "eco-nuns." Throughout America -- and indeed, the world -- thousands of religious sisters are daily witnessing to the environmental care commitment urged by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, ...

Widely recognized for his catchphrase, “the family that prays together, stays together,” the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message across the world emphasizing prayer and close family ...

St. Peter Parish volunteers prepared more than 225 lunches and distributed them to needy members of the community Sunday ...

Prayers are pouring in for a college football program after one of the team's players was found dead at 18 years old. A ...

Hundreds of Christians, Hindus and Muslims are expected to take up a spiritual journey to honor the Jesuit missionary ...

though Pope John Paul II in 1994 urged Catholics to make the prayer a regular part of their lives. Devotion to St. Michael is still widely promoted today, including by Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...