VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

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BAY CITY, MI – The decision whether to close a Catholic church in Bay City’s south end remains on hold after members of the Saginaw Diocese heard feedback from parishioners this week.

“The Window of the Martyrdom of St. Boniface” is “very evocative,” according to Father Anthony Andreassi, administrative vicar for the church. It is one of two St. Boniface-themed windows installed at ...

What no one saw coming was that somewhere across years of this essentially sectarian conflict, the American Catholic Church, still reeling from endemic molestations and cover-ups, began looking ...

Since 1914, such an exposition by the saint ... Church, died in 1582 at the age of 67. Her theological books and religious legacy have established her as one of the most revered people in Catholic ...

vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before an ...

But as the first American pontiff readies for his sacred inauguration Sunday in St ... church in Leo’s first year. “Will the people stay on in year five?” she asked. Nowhere is the Catholic ...