marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three, of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus ...

The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin ... Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to ...

Truong, a lifelong Catholic, had hoped one day to spend Easter in Vatican City. That hope was fulfilled this spring, when he ...

Pope Leo XIV is praying for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, in his first comments on a fraught issue.

The real Father Gabriele Amorth sits in front of a crucifix in Rome. Exorcisms performed by the Catholic Church are likely the best-known exorcisms, but at the heart of any exorcism is the ...

Their trip included visits to major basilicas in Rome and sacred sites in Assisi, including the Pontifical Sanctuary of the ...

One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the ...

COMMENTARY: The first ecumenical council made a landmark profession of Christ’s divine identity that continues to anchor the ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Father in Heaven, as Church and individuals, may we always be attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit ...

ROME -- The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

The pope's remarks came during his homily at Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of the ...