When hope seems gone, Christians can turn to Jesus to overcome despair and regain the desire to be healed, Pope Leo XIV said.

On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and ...

A cave tomb in central Israel, long believed to be the burial site of Jesus’ midwife, may instead hold the remains of Salome, the sister of Herod the Great. This unexpected interpretation comes from a ...

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Credit: UPI / Alamy Stock Photo A cave in Israel once thought to be linked to Jesus may in fact be the ... was a native of the Holy Land's southern Idumean region who rose to power through his ...

Since the sixth century, the Catholic Church has observed the Feast of the Holy Innocents on 28 December ... Herod did so after learning that the infant Jesus had been proclaimed the ‘King ...

Earlier, in his homily, the Holy Father had emphasized that love and unity are the starting point of the mission entrusted by Jesus to Peter. Leo XIV shows us the way: the defense of life, both ...

‘Their babies are with Jesus’ In his homily ... Engraved wooden hearts from prior Masses are in the Holy Innocents Memorial Crib before the 3rd annual memorial Mass at St. Gabriel the ...

On 28 December, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, churches across the region ... the Holy Family Catholic Church commemorated the journey of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph through Gaza for safety in ...

That the Church honors the Holy Innocents along with St. John the Apostle and St. Stephen the first martyr in the first days after Christmas should not surprise us. The correlation between ...

The street runs alongside the huge church built upon the cave which local tradition identifies as the place of Jesus’ birth.