Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Francis, who has chronic lung disease, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a weeklong bout of bronchitis ...

The Vatican said Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter isn’t about furniture—it’s about the foundation of papal teaching and authority.

Oh, of course.” Even through the phone, the voice of Father Damian, senior chaplain at the University’s Catholic Chaplaincy, ...

The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...

Throughout his pastoral visit – in a sit-down interview with OSV News, in his homilies and in his talks – Major Archbishop Shevchuk underscored the need for a just peace in Ukraine that addressed the ...

Jack O’Connell, a former Catholic priest and the retired CEO of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island said of any ...

At his introductory press conference in April 2019 on the morning when Pope Francis had named him as the new archbishop of ...

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bennington announced that it has been awarded a State Historic Preservation Grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. The $20,000.00 grant award ...

Closures and mergers are coming in July to a number of parishes and worship sites in the Joliet Catholic Diocese. The move made by Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks involves 19 parishes and worship sites.