Observed each October, the feast honors the patron saint of animals, whom San Francisco was named after, with blessings ...

Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, that today attracts thousands of religious pilgrims.

Monday's Wake Up Call comes from St. Mary's of the Assumption School in Brookline.

These treasures on display were donated mainly from France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Most were gifts from reigning monarchs ...

The three-day celebration, CG360, at College General seminary gathered nearly 230 participants — clergy, alumni who had ...

Beatified Sept. 6 in Veszprém, Hungary, the young factory worker gave her life resisting a Soviet soldier’s assault in 1945.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western Church ...

A carved, deep bas-relief tympanum depicting the Virgin Mary with face turned slightly upward and arms extended above her, clad in flowing robes, hovering in mid-air over a rose-filled tomb. On either ...

It felt like witchcraft: we’d have nothing, and then poof, we would have a feast to share with many ... October 18, 2025, at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, located at 221 E ...

At the end of his Sept. 24 audience, Pope Leo XIV issued an invitation to Catholics worldwide -- and he hopes they'll accept ...

Bratwursts sizzled on the grill, root beer poured from a keg, and a German band struck up a lively “oom-pah-pah” — the ...