Father Y. David Brault – who achieved one of his dreams as a priest when he became the founding pastor of a parish, Our Lady ...

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...

Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica has been a fixture of the Catholic Church's celebration of jubilee years since ...

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope ...

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- "You have become the light of our Church in the entire world," Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told ...

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory, shown during a May 2023 interview, on Dec. 23, 2024 praised President Biden’s decision to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, ...

Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace worldwide, the White House’s press secretary said. The two leaders also spoke ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember the victims of the Dec. 20 Christmas ...

For students at the University of Maryland’s Catholic Student Center in College Park, Monday evenings aren’t just about preparing for the week and getting caught up with work. Instead, it’s an ...

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 3, 2025 at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Washington, D.C., for Donna Toliver Grimes, a longtime official for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who was just ...