The feast of St. Rita of Cascia, celebrated May 22, reminds us of the healing power of prayer, penance and forgiveness — and her spiritual kinship with Pope Leo XIV, the Church’s new Augustinian pope.

Father David Michael Moses of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has noticed an eye-opening link between Carlo Acutis, who will be come the first millennial saint, and Pope Leo XIV.

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

In 2025, the Church honors a saint whose impact has only grown with time. One hundred years after her canonization ... in Holiness,” resonates with Pope Francis’ call for the 2025 Jubilee ...

It was Francis who finally declared John XXIII a saint in 2013, canonizing him the following year, on the same day he canonized Pope John Paul II, a more conservative figure in the modern church.

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small ... He was canonized on July 16, 1228, two years ...

He articulated the mission just days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi "who ... postponed Holy Year canonization of the first ...

Antonia Salzano wasn't particularly religious until she saw faith through her son. Others can follow his example, she said ...

The late Pope Francis donated all his remaining money to a youth rehabilitation project inside a Roman prison in one of his final acts as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Before his death ...

The Order of Franciscan Friars Minor (OFM) in collaboration with the Pontifical Antonianum University held the presentation ...