The Vatican has officially accepted and approved the investigation into the life of Charlene Richard, “the Little Cajun Saint ...

He’s been called God’s influencer. The patron saint of the internet. And now Carlo Acutis will be the first-ever millennial to be named a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

More: 'God's influencer': Carlos Acutis named first millennial saint following 2006 death Here is a brief summary of how the Roman Catholic Church recognizes sainthood. The process that can lead ...

Saints may live and die for the love of God, but the Roman Catholic Church sometimes canonizes them to reward the Christian loyalty of a country’s faithful or to make some moral point.

Believers and non-believers alike in many traditionally Roman Catholic societies observe the day. Finka Heynemann, 34, visited Warsaw's Brodno cemetery on Friday morning with her mother.

Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct descendant of a canonized saint. “That was the clincher for me: ‘Oh ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, died April 21 at age 88 .

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany is closing All Saints Catholic Academy, one of its three K-8 schools in Albany, in an effort to break even financially.