American actor Chris Pratt, best known for his roles in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World,” is currently filming a documentary on the Vatican Necropolis, which lies underneath Vatican City ...

Pope Leo XIV has issued a new decree revising the financial and administrative norms governing the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Mary Major, bringing both institutions under the ordinary oversight of ...

The second season of Martin Scorsese’s docudrama series “The Saints” premiered on Fox Nation on Nov. 16. The series highlights the extraordinary lives of men and women who embodied their faith and ...

In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.

Paul Badde, author of many well-known books such as “Benedict Up Close,” “The Face of God,” and “The True Icon,” died early Monday morning at the age of 77 after a long illness. Badde was also a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Diocese of Providence has announced the merger of several churches in both West Warwick and Providence. Most Rev. Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., Bishop of Providence, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Three churches in West Warwick and two in Providence are merging, according to the Roman catholilc Diocese of Providence. And church mergers have also been proposed in ...

From left, Deacon William Bancroft, Msgr. Robert Siffrin and the Rev. Joseph Rudjak, former pastor of SS. Peter & Paul Church on the North Side, leave the altar after celebrating the final Mass at the ...

In mid-October, Catholic clergy arrived at the doors of the makeshift ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, in hopes of bringing the Eucharist, the central sacrament of the faith, to those ...

The recent canonization of Italy’s Bartolo Longo shows that occasionally on the path to sainthood, the devil is in the details. But in a radical turnaround, he eventually returned to his Catholic ...

The Italian term papabile (“pope-able”) means “a likely candidate for the papacy.” It’s a relatively old word — the earliest documented use of the term is from the late Renaissance. The word appears ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate All Souls’ Day with Mass for the faithful departed at Rome’s largest cemetery as well as a Mass for the soul of the late Pope Francis and deceased cardinals the following ...