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The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

The cry of innocent victims and mothers mourning their children will not go unheard, Pope Leo XIV said. When Christians chant ...

In his greetings, Pope Leo noted that the pilgrimage is intended “to return to the sources”: to Rome, where Sts Peter and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — In between class periods, children gathered to chat ...

The recently renovated outpatient rehabilitation center is the only facility in Broward County with many unique therapies that help patients regain and improve their mobility and balance Holy Cross ...

Our cat Pancake died two weeks ago. She was a big, beautiful, gentle tabby cat whom we rescued from an animal adoption ...

Fr. Ramakoti Sakani of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church provided the blessing of the food Friday for this weekend’s Holy ...

Sister Nathalie Becquart, Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, speaks to Vatican News about the ...

We should all remember that while God gives freely and doesn’t demand anything in return, he deserves something in return – ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul with the traditional blessing of palliums for new archbishops.

The Holy Spirit has no face, but he does have a gaze. We can warm to, and benefit from, images of Christ. But remember, these are all creations of the imagination, whether they come from ...