Devout Catholic and pro-life advocate Congressman Chris Smith will be honored at this year’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held in Washington, D.C. The New Jersey representative will ...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of January is for the right to an education. “Today we’re experiencing an ‘educational catastrophe,’ the Holy Father said in a video released ...

Sunday, Jan. 19, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11. In this Sunday’s Gospel passage of the ...

Pope Francis shared his prayers and extended "cordial greetings" to President-elect Trump ahead of his inaugural ceremony Monday morning. "I ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a traditional message sent ahead of the presidential inauguration ceremony in ...

First came The Bible in a Year, then The Catechism in a Year — now comes The Rosary in a Year, Ascension’s newest podcast that will begin on Jan. 1, 2025. Hosted by Father Mark-Mary Ames of ...

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The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash ...

We live in a digital-dominated world that lets us manage many parts of our lives with a click of a button or a swipe on a screen — and banking is no exception. More than half of the country's ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers for victims of what he described as a "sign of utter disrespect for human life" perpetrated by a man who drove a pickup truck through ...