Thursday’s shooting of Catholic priest Allois Cheruiyot Bett in the volatile Kerio Valley, and the murder of Igwamiti Parish priest John Maina days earlier, have jolted the Church community.The Kenya ...

It's a story that beggars belief. A little girl, Catherine Windle, gets born December 12th, 1884 on a hard-scrabble farm, back of the beyond, in Raglan Township. Somehow, her Irish ...

St. Francis Xavier University is mourning the loss of Rev. Stanley MacDonald, a friendly presence on campus and an ardent supporter of varsity sports at the Antigonish, N.S., school.MacDonald, known ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

Pilgrims coming to Rome will have the opportunity to see the newly restored tomb of one of the first Catholic popes.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - In honor of Pope Francis's passing, Allentown's Cathedral Church of St. Catherine of Siena is draped in black for the next month. The church hosted a holy sacrifice Mass attended ...

That's where a Xavier student not only met the new pontiff ... He was known at the time as Robert Francis Prevost. "He has confirmed a lot of people all over my town, including my little sister ...