JERUSALEM — Hope, the theme chosen by Pope Francis for Jubilee 2025, is in short supply in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza right now, but is needed more than ever, local Catholic leaders say. While few ...

I had the great pleasure of participating in a grand welcome in the small central Kerala town of Changanassery for India’s ...

Connecticut's Holy Land USA is a crumbling hodgepodge of biblical settings that was also the site of a grisly 2010 murder; a ...

The Rev. Stephen Kanonik blessing parishioners with holy water ... 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Church, 2215 W. Irving Park Road, with a funeral Mass there at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Defining the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is no simple matter, especially in Montgomery. King lived and breathed ...

From the believed birthplace of Jesus Christ in Palestine, to a minimalist marvel in Abu Dhabi, these houses of worship are ...

The sea of barefoot devotees — with their individual petitions, offerings of sacrifice, and tales of gratitude — came in ...

But we can never let the Mass become routine for us. We need to love the Eucharist! We need to live the holy Mass ... reflects the ancient faith of the Church and are carefully arranged to ...

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, ...

Pope Francis launches a Jubilee of Hope with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, symbolizing reconciliation ...

As I turned the calendar from December to January, I had a familiar, sinking feeling. Compared to December, January looks ...