TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - St. Benedict Catholic School has announced it will be hosting a pet blessing on Friday for students and families. The blessing will take place on Oct. 4 at 1:30 p.m. at St.

My younger brother Daryl was living with me in the parish when, one day, I came home a bit exasperated from trying to help an old woman named Gertrude. She was neurotic and overanxious about life. My ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on Big Pulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict ...

Roman Catholic officials in Boston, Worcester and Springfield are joining worldwide calls for prayers and well wishes for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. During his customary audience with the public in a ...

They walked single file, quietly, while holding signs that read “We are better together” and “We are made for greatness” written in marker on brown paper and banners. The young students of the Academy ...

Vatican officials have confirmed that the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened after Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for his predecessor. “Regarding the health conditions of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Hours after the death Saturday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis praised his “noble” predecessor and expressed gratitude for his life of faith and prayers, especially ...

Quiet and contemplative. Solitary and devoted. Simple. These are some of the words used to describe the monastic way of life. For hundreds of years, Christian men and women around the world have ...

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Pope Benedict XVI will leave a strong legacy when he leaves office at the end of the month, according to the Rev. Joseph Cronin, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Church in West Haven. "He was much better ...

HORACE, N.D. — The twin white steeples of St. Benedict Catholic Church have been a landmark on the prairie for more than a century after its founding by French Canadian settlers during the days of ...

MARKTL AM INN, GermanyMARKTL AM INN, Germany — People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed Thursday for the retired pontiff, a favorite son of the region even 40 years after he left Germany ...