On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark ...

In his Angelus address on Dec. 26, Pope Francis reflected on Stephen’s last words as he was being stoned to death: “Lord, do ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope ...

The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhallsson, on Dec. 23.

On the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, about 4,000 people from around the world joined Pope Francis in Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. “Do not be afraid. Am I not here, I, who am your Mother?” The Pope ...

The Holy Father noted that ‘Lucy is a woman’ and that her holiness shows the Church ‘how unique are the ways in which women follow the Lord.’ Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St ...

(OSV News) — Basilan Sisters and some 80 children in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia narrowly avoided being killed in a deadly Dec. 6 strike by Russia, as they celebrated a liturgy marking the ...

Pope Francis entrusted the Syrian people to the Virgin Mary on the day before the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. He prayed that through her intercession, they “may live in peace and security in their ...

The annual Catholic Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be held ... Our Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared to Saint Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531. Temperatures are expected to be very cold Wednesday ...

But wisdom is vindicated by her works.” (Mt 11:18-19) When looking at the huge variety of saints we have, from early Roman martyrs like St. Lucy, whom we celebrate today, to well-known holy ...

The holiday ends with a Solemn Mass in the name of the Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, one of Valletta's oldest churches. And traditionally, you can watch fireworks over Grand Harbor. History of the ...