Marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and the start of the new year, Pope Francis renewed his appeal for a "firm ...

Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world ...

Christmas celebrates the reason for our hope, as Sacred Scripture proclaims: "For today in the city of David a savior has ...

A short, simple statement — "Marley was dead"— ranks high in any list of most famous first line in all literature. Marley, we ...

There are Christmas trees in the vestibules of so many churches, inviting parishioners to purchase a gift for a child in need ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and destination for Christian hope. At his general audience Dec. 18, the ...

What’s distinctive about your parish? Bishop Michael F. Burbidge formally decreed the establishment of St. Gabriel the ...

A combined choir of 60, including representatives from the children’s choir, presented the annual Lessons and Carols program ...

VATICAN CITY – To help bishops determine the credibility of alleged Marian apparitions, the Vatican has translated and published procedural rules from 1978 that had previously been available only in ...

After readers submitted their nominations for this year’s “Herald Angel,” staffers at the Catholic Herald chose to honor three jointly nominated St. William of York Outreach volunteers. Take a turn ...

VATICAN CITY- The 115 cardinals participating in the conclave will know the identity of the new pope before the rest of the world, but their advance knowledge is likely to last for well over an hour, ...

A new movie from Netflix about the Blessed Virgin Mary has received mixed reviews, with some Catholics on social media ...