After Matt Alvar discovered Brazilian jiujitsu (BJJ) in 2018, he told a few friends from his parish, St. John the Evangelist ...

Frances Webber is preparing for the adventure of a lifetime: to join the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage this month on ...

All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had arrived in Rome by ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

At a young age, a local artist from Little Falls, Sheila McCallum, was drawn to statues and monuments, such as Mount Rushmore ...

Pope Francis was elected as pope and made his first public appearance in the role at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. That ...

President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order creating a religious liberty commission during an interfaith event ...

For Pope Francis, the liturgy both defied easy definition, and yet could also be encapsulated in just a couple of sentences: ...

Mental illness in America has been declared an official social health care emergency -- especially since the COVID-19 ...

The Easter season plays a major role in Catholics’ encounters with joy and hope, and this Easter, with the death of Pope Francis, Bishop Kevin Kenney said, Catholics would do well to remember the pope ...

The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book.

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me," sang Paul McCartney in the enduring 1970 Beatles' anthem, ...