At the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Orthodox clergy and faithful welcomed the May 8 election of ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

St. Bartholomew the Apostle; St. Barbato; St. Gaspare del Bufalo; St. Giuseppe Moscati; St. Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori - bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti; St. Pio of Pietrelcina), witnesses of faith ...

A. The Holy Ghost appeared at times under the form of a dove, and again under the form of tongues of fire; for, being a pure spirit without a body, He can take any form. Q. 422. Is the Holy Ghost ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has expressed his heartfelt prayers ... trip to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on November 30, the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle, patron of the Church ...

On 29 June, Vatican City celebrates the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as a public holiday. Both the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul were martyred in Rome, and today, they are “joint patron ...

Destroyed by the Soviets, it was built at the location where tradition holds that pagans martyred St. Bartholomew the apostle in the first century. (Relics of Bartholomew were later translated to the ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first ...

Why has Church of England moved St. George's Day this year? While the feast for St. George's Day is held on the 23rd of April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death, this year it ...