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Hundreds of prayer warriors watched their social media accounts this past April for updates on a baby named Francis Roy Lilly ...

He shook the hands of everyone at the door. At my turn, fighting back tears, I said to him, "You have no idea how much this ...

The following is the full text of the Angelus address given by Pope Leo XIV July 27, 2025, at St. Peter’s Square. Dear ...

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati died almost 100 years ago, but he would have fit in perfectly with many Catholics' groups of friends. He was born in Turin, Italy, in 1901, among the political upheavals, ...

Francis-aligned’ bishops are following the late pope’s lead in stirring debate where politics and pastoral issues meet.

The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...

Hundreds gathered Saturday morning at Minneapolis' Basilica of St. Mary for the private funeral of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert.

Silent expectant worship every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m., 2nd Floor, Bennington Senior Center, 124 Pleasant St. Light snacks ...

as St. John Paul II often did. There is also a tradition of popes using their time at Castel Gandolfo to draft important church documents and encyclicals, and De Angelis said he hopes Leo follows in ...

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop town of Castel ...