Each year, pilgrims travel from all over the world to celebrate the apparition of the Virgin Mary to three children in 1917.

My mother was the only person in my life who loved me, truly and unconditionally. I could do no wrong in her eyes and she ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.

An alcove that once held a statue is now empty and spray-painted with the words “Oh My God.” Nuzzo wondered if the religious ...

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption this week mused about what the future might hold for ...

In 1809, Napoleon's men entered the Vatican, arrested Pius VII and brought ... of the Church between two pillars, one with a statue of Mary (Auxilium Christianorum or 'Help of Christians') and ...

In the places of the heart, following in the footsteps of Francis. In search of authentic spirituality but also the warmth of ...

Ms. Koch graduated in 2023 from Harvard College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student weekly, the Harvard ...