More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, retires as archbishop of Washington and is succeeded by San ...

With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy's term in the nation's capital will ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life ...

With places fully booked at Paris' iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but ...

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

Retired Bishop William L. Higi, who was the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, died Jan. 3 at the age of 91 ...

Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation's capital Jan. 3 for an evening of reflection and Eucharistic adoration ...

If we haven't gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season -- on houses, trees, bushes, department stores -- this ...

This year's SEEK25 conference, organized by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, had two locations in the U.S. and one in Germany.

Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus ...

On the same day dioceses around the world inaugurated the Jubilee Year, meant to be a time of hope amid a world of ...