One of the many titles that Pope Leo XIV, 69, assumed when he was elected on May 8 was bishop of Rome. He has now formally ...

After blessing the faithful, he entered the chapel that houses the Marian icon, traditionally attributed to St. John the ...

The Rosary of the Virgin Mary ... remains … a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness,’ ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John ...

I write regarding the May 18 article “Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary.” The Associated Press article in the Maine Sunday Telegram, about the Virgin Mary, gave a good, generalized ...

Challenge today is to extricate the historical, fully human Mary from theological baggage heaped upon her over centuries ...

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Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

The damage can be repaired, but the shock wave triggered by the May 6 detonation of an explosive device by an intruder could ...

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert announced new clergy assignments Sunday in the diocese. The annual assignments are designed ...

Jeanne Ory is shy by nature. So, a few weeks ago, when she heard her name announced at Mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in ...