Italy is home to the "dreamiest" city in Europe but it is not one that you will guess. The Mediterranean country is home to ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin ...

MANILA, Philippines — A church in Malabon has established a spiritual bond with one of the four major basilicas in Rome. The ...

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain I have been deeply touched by the flood of mail from Catholic readers who have appreciated that a rabbi ...

Leo XIV also used his first weekend as pontiff to visit the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, where he prayed at the tomb of Francis. He also traveled to an Augustinian sanctuary just outside Rome ...

Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit on Saturday to the tomb of his predecessor, Pope Francis, at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Before that visit, Robert Prevost also went on Saturday afternoon to ...

Visitors to the Roman basilica Santa Maria Maggiore have been delighted by a surprise visit from the new pope. Pope Leo XIV went to his predecessor's grave at the small Augustinian sanctuary after ...

The smell of red oak smoke and sizzling meat will fill the air this weekend as Santa Maria’s signature event, the Santa Maria BBQ Festival, returns for its seventh year. The event takes place ...

From left, Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office investigator Wayne Flick, Santa Maria Police Detective Erik Hesch, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Nelson and ...

The speed with which white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope had been chosen, came as a surprise to the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg.