We think of her as a poet—and a great one—but a case could also be made for her as a theologian. So many of Emily Dickinson’s ...

In the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV sets the date for the canonisation of eight Blesseds ...

Peter was declared a martyr and beatified in 1889. Pope Pius XII canonized him in 1954. Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death, most of the island of Futuna had converted to Catholicism.

After captivating visitors and art historians alike with its stunning Baroque frescos, Valencia’s “Sistine Chapel” the Church ...

COMMENTARY: The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the ...

COMMENTARY: Sts. Thomas More, John Fisher and others were martyred for defending the truth about marriage. Will we have the ...

Blessed Peter To Rot, the first Catholic from Papua New Guinea expected to be named a saint later this year, was “an example ...

Lynn Hendrix Sr. looked the part of Santa Claus and loved seeing the look in the children’s eyes when they spotted him. “I ...

“I urge you not to turn your gaze from the poor,” said Pope Leo XIV. “They are at the center of the Gospel and are the ...

In fact, in the Tolai language Peter To Rot is called "A martir ure ra Lotu": "A martyr for the faith". Fr Renato Simeone, M.S.C Printed with permission from L'Osservatore Romano, January 25, 1995 ...

Pope Leo XIV met with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres during a private audience at the Vatican June 11.

At the end of the Holy Mass celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sport, the Holy Father ...