Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

On the basis of age-old custom, water is one of the signs that the Church often uses in blessing the faithful. Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ, who is given to us as the supreme divine ...

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

At the invocation of each person of the Most Holy Trinity, the priest immerses the candidate in the water and raises ... yet in full communion with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe ...

San Rafael, the Spanish version of St. Raphael, is one of the area’s parishes named after the three archangels, which led to ...

While Pope Francis recovers in hospital, he is still managing to keep in touch with a parish in Gaza with daily phone calls to the priest and congregation there.

Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital in a “fair” condition on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.

ROME — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially the ...

Students at Holy Trinity School have been growing lettuce for months through hydroponics. Now, they're donating harvested ...

Days after Catholic and Protestant church representatives met rebel leaders in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in ...

Pope Francis had breakfast, read the newspapers and followed Mass on television Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital, the Vatican said.

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