The Rosary of the Virgin Mary ... remains … a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness,’ ...

In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their affection and ...

89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit ... by the Catholic tradition as ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

St. Augustine calls this life the ‘Before Easter’ season — a time of labor, suffering and praise — preparing us for the ...

“For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who ...

I have been thrilled by the world’s attention to the Conclave and the election of the first American pope, Leo XIV. This ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Leahy, S.J., will celebrate the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit with homilist Rev. Henry Shea, S.J., on September 8 at noon in the Plaza at O’Neill Library. In the case of inclement weather, the Mass ...

The Catholic Church of the 17th century sought ... A brilliant white dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, stands out against it. (It is astonishing to realize that the dove has a wingspan of ...

Every time a conclave is convened, many say that the cardinals’ choice of pope will be guided by the Holy Spirit ... and the universal mission of the Catholic Church? The purpose of a conclave ...

Using the heart as a powerful representation of the embodied core of human existence has biblical, and even pre-Christian ...