Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

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Principal Tresa Rast's attorney said Rast was placed on leave Wednesday "for her personal safety." The vice principal is now handling duties at the Madeleine School. Trump administration settles ...

These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days: Who is the Vatican ... is one of the largest Catholic basilicas in the world and ...

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They brought a total 27 tranches of debt, the most in a single day since Jan. 7, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The sales came as companies took advantage of a recovery in credit markets ...

On the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1, the Catholic Church recognizes and celebrates men who live a vowed religious life and are known by the title “brother.” While men in ...

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