Visitors to funeral services usually receive tribute cards — in memoriam of the deceased. Often they contain a photo, or a ...

Of the many devotions Pope Francis promoted during his pontificate, perhaps none is better known than his devotion to Our ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

351 A.D. "There is One Physician who is possessed of both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the ...

It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was ...

A Mass was set for 7 p.m. April 21 at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, which will be led by Archbishop Edward J.

Two Central Wisconsin pastors share their reactions to the Pope's death, reflections on his life and papacy and hopes for his successor.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Malvern Retreat House’s shrine to soon-to-be canonized Saint Carlo Acutis will hold an event celebrating his April 27 ...

Pilgrims gathered to pray the Rosary on Wednesday night at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis has asked to ...