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Hundreds of prayer warriors watched their social media accounts this past April for updates on a baby named Francis Roy Lilly ...

Let’s go to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Thousands of people from 200 countries will gather at this event. Among ...

My trip around the world included some time in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, and a poignant moment at his tomb in Goa.

ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of ...

On Thursday, hundreds will gather at St. Ann’s Basilica in Scranton to celebrate the second century of the Solemn Novena of ...

A three-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary was brought to Santa Fe 400 years ago, and "La Conquistadora" is the oldest statue of the Madonna and Child in the U.S.

Catholic influencers and digital missionaries are bridging faith and tradition with modern culture in dynamic, creative ways ...

More than 1,000 people joined Archbishop Bernard Hebda to celebrate Mass July 19 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul as ...

Connie Francis, one of the first breakout rock 'n roll stars in the 1950's and '60s has died. Hit songs include "Where The ...

The sunlight glistened across St. Ann’s Monastery as people gathered to pray, light candles, and sing the gospel. St. Ann’s ...

Israel struck the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three in the religious site that Pope Francis ...