As Advent approaches, families bring out their boxes of Christmas decorations and set out the Advent wreath. But consider a ...

Masses will be held around Australia today to mark the 115th year since the death of Mary MacKillop, the country's only Catholic saint. Catholics say she still inspires them to be prayerful and to ...

Like many Italian-Americans, my fondest childhood memories include fragrant foods, loud social gatherings, and the Catholic saints who bring them together. With la Festa di San Giuseppe, the feast of ...

The North End's favorite weekend is here. A time-honored Italian tradition in Boston's North End since 1919 and in the town of Montefalcione in Italy, Saint Anthony's Feast will be running from ...

For a tourist in Rome, there is wonder around every corner. Priceless antiquities are everywhere — the Colosseum rises beside a busy road, obelisks jut skyward in shopping malls, and ancient relics ...

Lent is a 40-day period where Catholics abstain from luxuries and refrain from eating any meat, except fish, on Fridays in preparation for Easter. But what happens when religious observances with ...

In celebration of the Catholic Church’s jubilee year, hundreds of pilgrims have traveled by boat to the Norwegian island of Selja to honor the feast day of St. Sunniva, Norway’s only recognized female ...

Each of these 11 titles reveals another facet of Mary, the Mother of Jesus — Theotokos, New Eve, Ark of the Covenant, Handmaid of the Lord. In the end, every Marian image points to the same radiant ...

Wyoming Area Catholic School celebrated the feasts of All Soul’s and All Saint’s Day at a liturgy service at St. Cecelia’s Church. The children commemorated deceased family members at the liturgy and ...

Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz calls Padre Pio his favorite saint. And so, when he learned that four of his sculptures would honor the Italian mystic on his feast day — Sept. 23 — he was overjoyed ...