VATICAN— Pope Francis’ pontificate spanned 12 years and numerous major global events — including international gatherings, ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan on Thursday greeted Tri-State Area pilgrims joining him on a pre-planned jubilee year pilgrimage to ...

Smudging is the practice of lighting herbs to create smoke that is wafted around a person or space in order to cleanse and ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

Each year Pope Francis shared monthly prayer themes. His prayer for April 2025 was particularly pointed for the modern world: “Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human ...

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