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Pope Francis’ 2024 encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is packed with testimonies from the saints of prayer and devotion ...

A cloud formation appearing to look like Jesus Christ was spotted by stunned church-goers in the Philippines, who described ...

Freud or God — which way, Christian? Every generation must defend the Gospel anew and protect its young people from Satan’s ...

On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

The cross, which stood over the altar as Pope St. John Paul II celebrated Mass in Philadelphia in 1979 then moved to the ...

Through this ministry, called The Cross We Carry, tattoo artist Tony Montana offers discounted cross tattoos to serve as a ...

Since returning home, I have learned that this church is the Mother Church of Apulia, Portugal, and dates to the 12th century ...

God's creativity teaches us the wonder of the unexpected and asks for our patience in allowing beauty to gradually unfold.

Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of ...

The AI image of President Trump as the pope was first published on his site Truth Social. It comes as the College of Cardinals is set to elect the next pope beginning May 7.

The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in an open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hands.