St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

Mary Theresa Petrich recalled walking from Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville over the 40th Street Bridge and up the hill to St ...

MIDDLETOWN — In a very special visit, 54 residents and dignitaries from Melilli, Italy, including its mayor, will be in town for this weekend’s St. Sebastian Feast in their sister city of ...

Charles Anderson, 66, will face two terms of life in prison for the deaths of Jamie Willard and Patrice Wimbley at a home in ...

Participating food trucks include Cold Stone Creamery, Cousins Maine Lobster, Cubita Truck, Dags Dippers, Empanada Mania, ...

COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but ...

It consists of forty days, beginning with November 14, the day on which this Church keeps the feast of the apostle ... as we learn from Amalarius St. Nicholas I, Berno of Reichnau, Ratherius ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

On May 15, 1891 (feast day of St. Isidore the Farmer), his predecessor Leo XIII issued the encyclical, “Rerum Novarum” (Of New Things). This document laid down the Catholic Church’s basic ...

This is a 17th-century painting of St. Augustine by artist Philippe de Champaigne. The saint lived in the years 354-430 and is considered a church father and doctor of the church. (OSV News ...

Located in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), the St. Nicholas Church (not to be confused ... 5 or 6 p.m.; exact closing times vary depending on month and day of the week. Check the website for closing ...

Around the world, Catholics celebrate St. Damien on his feast day — May 10. In Kalaupapa, where his legacy of service and ministry to those with Hansen's disease lives on, he is honored with special ...