Sunday, Dec. 31, is the feast of the the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Mass readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or Genesis 15:1-6; ...

Another important step on which the Vatican must confirm a date is when he will take possession as the new bishop of the eternal city in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, which is where the Roman ...

Marking the feast of the Holy Family Dec. 29, Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading from St. Luke in which the 12-year-old Jesus goes missing from his parents and is found in the temple of ...

For more than 150 years, people have flocked to the steps of Holy Cross-Immaculata Church on Good Friday. Each year, thousands quietly ascend the more than 90 steps, pausing on each to reflect or ...

For more than 150 years, people have flocked to the steps of Holy Cross-Immaculata Church on Good Friday. Each year, thousands quietly ascend the more than 90 steps, pausing on each to reflect or ...

Inside, along with icons of the Holy Family, is a glass-encased relic from a much later date: a water-worn Bible plucked from the Nile near the sacred steps in 1976, its pages miraculously open to ...