Pope Francis this afternoon celebrated Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul. Present at the Eucharistic celebration was the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, along with ...

Pope Francis gives his blessing to visitors in St. Peter's Square at the end of his general audience at the Vatican June 12, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly ...

The new saints "are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them ...

(VIS) This morning, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI presided at Mass in St. Peter's Square. The Mass, concelebrated by several Cardinals, was attended by tens of thousands of people, ...

One must be of a certain age and from a particularly rural area to appreciate how hard it once was to watch television. In the early decades of TV, there were no streaming services. If you wanted to ...

On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis presided over a Chrism Mass at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations. Pope Francis thanked the priests for ...

Yesterday we celebrated the Cross of Christ, the instrument of our salvation, which reveals the mercy of our God in all its fullness. The Cross is truly the place where God’s compassion for our world ...

The following churches have submitted their sermon titles for Sunday’s service. • Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: The 10 a.m. sermon will be “Work in Progress,” given by the Rev.

Nearly 50 years ago, an Episcopal priest shocked his listeners during a Palm Sunday sermon at St. Mark’s Church in Van Nuys, Calif. On April 3, 1960, the Rev. Dennis Bennett announced he had received ...

In a momentous ceremony held on the 7th of October at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope Leo XIV delivered a profound homily during the canonization of two remarkable young saints, Pier Giorgio ...

In a poignant celebration held at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful homily on the canonization of two young saints, Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. This ...