The star,” Pope Francis said, “speaks to us of that unique light that can show to all people the way to salvation and ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

COMMENTARY: A president’s choice of farewell is often more about symbolism than substance — a final effort to underscore ...

From the Edict of Milan to the Council of Nicaea, St. Sylvester’s papacy marked a turning point for Christianity.

Catholics will celebrate the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. Christian baptism is rooted in a rich symbolism of water in the ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Attendees sang, prayed and took Communion for the final time in their church. Kenyon delivered his last sermon there, until ...

Damage to St. Mary’s Church due to a cyclone that struck the Wyoming Valley on Aug. 20, 1890. Shown in the foreground is the old Catholic Cemetery of St. Mary’s. As St. Mary’s Church of the ...

Mr Fukahori was only 14 when the US dropped the bomb on the Japanese city, killing tens of thousands of people.

A survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died aged 93. Shigemi ...

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. Fukahori ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise ...