Intertwined within the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the acknowledgement of her as the “Mystical Rose,” for she is the ...

Pope Francis passed away Monday morning, prompting a nine-day period of mourning for the former head of the Catholic Church, ...

Pope Francis, who died Easter Monday at the age of 88, once confirmed a miracle right here in central Illinois.

Vance didn't address the issue specifically but called himself a "baby Catholic" and acknowledged there are "things about the faith that I don't know." Vance was spending Easter weekend in Rome ...

VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings ... directly for having claimed that Catholic doctrine justified such policies.

This year’s Easter is unusual as it falls on the same weekend in both the Catholic and Protestant branches of Christianity, which follow the Gregorian calendar, and the Orthodox branch ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the ...

Easter Sunday is the "feast of feasts" in the Catholic Church, often referred to as the "greatest day of celebration", and it is preceded by a period of fasting, prayer, and penance during Lent.

Pope Francis tours St. Peter's Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal ...

At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in West Baltimore, the pastor’s message on Easter was to be familiar, but with an added twist: The resurrection of Christ should inspire the congregants in ...