Background: The White House in Washington, D.C. Foreground: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, “The Virgin of the Lilies,” 1899.
EDITORIAL: A White House message...
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Pews are seen inside a Catholic church.
American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained...
Flowers are seen at Annunciation Catholic Church on Sept. 3, 2025, in Minneapolis.
Three months after a deadly shooting in Minneapolis, a special Mass on...
Today the Church in the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548), an Indian convert, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared as he was going to Mass in...
Today is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the solemn dogma defined by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1854. As Our Lady Immaculately Conceived is the patroness of the United States of...
"As the journey of Advent continues, as we prepare to celebrate the nativity of Christ, John the Baptist's call to conversion sounds out in our communities. It is a pressing invitation to open our...
Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break apart” the long-standing U.S.-European...
Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day that...
Pope Leo XIV marked the traditional Marian feast of the Immaculate Conception urging faithful to imitate the Virgin Mary in embracing God’s plan for their lives, and to thus collaborate with him in...