Holy Land USA once brought 40,000 people a year to Waterbury, Conn. Locals hope to return it to its former glory.

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ... priests made the sign of the cross and nuns wept as the crowd ...

Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Catholic Church is in the middle of what is called a Jubilee Year. Bishop Robert Marshall and Deacon Richard Mitchell, with the Diocese of Alexandria, are promoting this ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

Christians begin their day, activities and prayers with the Sign of the Cross. It strengthens us in temptations and difficulties. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks ... genuflecting or bowing deeply as a sign of adoration of the Lord. 'The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... In the context of the Catholic Church, the inverted cross is a reference to the crucifixion of Saint Peter, who ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic ... to the National Catholic Reporter. "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed with ...