The longest-serving priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of his ordination and ...

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals and traveled the world.

At the final meeting of the Kenosha Catholic Woman’s Club fiscal year, a crowning of the organization’s statue of the Blessed ...

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals, and traveled the world ...

In Spain, about a million people participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocío Virgin, a Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. They sang flamenco songs, shared homemade food and held ...

Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of ...

EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in ...

A million people make wilderness pilgrimage to honour 13th-century Virgin Mary icon The romería del Rocío has grown into one of world’s largest, most unique Catholic pilgrimages. Giovanna Dell ...

Sweat and tears before Mary, mother of God Hidden beneath the traditions and the festivities, many pilgrims are motivated by promises they made to the Virgin.

Like the cardinals assembling in Rome for the upcoming conclave, some came from far-flung places and some from nearby areas. But instead of gathering to elect a new pope, the estimated 600 to 700 ...