The pope's health was the prime focus of the Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States.

There is an eloquent ambiguity in the way in which the opening word of the Nicene Creed has come down to us. Our best evidence suggests that in the formula that goes back to the Nicene Fathers ...

Ever after, this number becomes the sign of a covenant. Abraham sacrifices seven ewe lambs when he makes a covenant with Abimelech at Beer Sheva (“Well of the Oath,” Genesis 21). Jacob labors for ...

"We pray and hope that the United States, in concert with the wider international community, works with perseverance for a just peace and an end to aggression." ...

McElroy said a final farewell to the city before being installed as the head of the Archdiocese of Washington on March 11.

"What we do for the pope we must do for everybody, for all the elderly, for all those who are alone, for all the abandoned." ...

"I feel in my heart the ‘blessing’ that is hidden within frailty, because it is precisely in these moments that we learn even more to trust in the Lord." ...

Matachines hold up decorated crosses to form a path for the clergy at the beginning of the Diocese of Phoenix’s annual Honor Your Mother outdoor Mass celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe between St. Mary ...

Pope Francis on Monday underwent two bronchoscopies after he had “two episodes of acute respiratory failure,” the Holy See Press Office said.

At the same time, I was glad I’d come, grateful I’d had the wherewithal to come. A tiny gesture of solidarity with a fellow human being, of respect for the deceased, of the fact that when someone dies ...

Wildfire relief organizer didn't expect an outpouring of support from parishes, schools, and religious organizations outside the area, ranging from Las Vegas, to Hawaii to Boston, and outside of the ...