The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

The 1,060-acre site about 11 miles northwest of Rome is home to Vatican Radio's shortwave transmitters and transmission ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas. This ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, will ordain five new priests for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

Of all the community members out enjoying the summer weather this weekend, hundreds did so on the grounds of the Basilica of ...

Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a "stone host placed on the open wound of the city," celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone. To celebrate her ...

Pope Leo remembered Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the patron saint of athletes, who will be canonized on September 7 this ...

BasilicaFEST — with activities set at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels on West Henley Street and Gargoyle Park — gets ...

Two holy relics of St. Anthony of Padua, who is widely revered as a great “miracle worker” due to the number of miracles attributed to his intercession, were displayed at the parish of Most Holy ...

The whole cast and crew of the new exorcism movie were attentive to getting the Catholic elements of the film correct.

The group continued their pilgrimage with a tour of Rome, including a visit to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, where they visited the tomb of Pope Francis. Father Mullan celebrated Mass at the ...