WASHINGTON -- Wednesday evening, Pope Francis celebrated the first Canonization Mass ever held in the United States. Read his translated remarks: Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again, rejoice!

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Pope Francis began his first full day in the United States with a special ceremony at the White House, followed by a parade through Washington's streets and a canonization Mass for ...

On Sunday, the eve of the 19th anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa's sanctity will be sealed with a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, NBC News reported. To ...

The family of Carlo Acutis, from right, sister Francesca, mother Antonia, father Andrea, and brother Michele, attend the canonization Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, left, of Carlo Acutis and Pier ...

As 80,000 excited pilgrims assembled in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for the canonization ceremony of new saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the vast majority of Catholics around ...

Pope Francis created 10 new saints on Sunday, rallying from knee pain that has forced him to use a wheelchair to preside over the first canonization ceremony at the Vatican in over two years. Francis ...

ASSISI, Italy — To his mom, he was “a normal kid,” but on Sunday, Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass held by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square outside ...

A woman holds images of José Gregorio Hernández while observing the Vatican's canonization ceremony on a big screen in La Candelaria Square in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 19. Credit: OSV News ...

Canonizing seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and his form of justice is forgiveness. "God grants justice to all, giving his life ...