WALLINGFORD — The Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, a cornerstone of Wallingford ’s Polish community, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its construction this year.

Musicians perform during Mass at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, May 25, 2025, in New Orleans. (Photo by Rosemary Westwood) ...

JAMESTOWN—As a choir warms up in Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown, the choir’s voices begin to fill the air. One can hardly help wondering whether this is what Heaven sounds ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship.

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily at the Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican on June 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) ...

Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Howells, Nebraska. Schlautman haslived in the small town of Howells, which still has two Catholic churches, for about 44 years.

Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, the only historically Black Catholic university, said he was “a little surprised” about the pope’s heritage.

The historic St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Alton is receiving restoration work, focusing on tuckpointing its limestone exterior.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship.

Still, the revelation of Leo’s background has created a stir in New Orleans, one of the few US cities that is both majority Black and predominantly Catholic.