Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and a mainstay in American politics for decades, died Oct. 10 ...

More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica, ...

Several parishes across the diocese welcomed pets Oct. 3-6 in celebration of the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the ...

Most people claim they want unity, but usually they mean they want others to unite around their own point of view, which ...

Jesus, truly present in the Eucharist, gives us the fullness of life,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge in his statement ...

A unique series of the Stations of the Cross, originally made for St. Paul’s Catholic Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, is now on ...

Calling on the world's bishops not to cover up any instance or form of abuse, Pope Francis said the evil of abuse must be ...

Six ministries of diocesan Catholic Charities will have new artwork this fall that inspires their work serving others.

BOSTON – Growing up, the toughest person in Coach Tom Coughlin’s life was not the local playground bully, the wise guy at the school bus stop, or any one of his rough and tumble friends. No way. Not ...

Angolan Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, the world's oldest cardinal, died Sept. 28 at the age of 99 and was praised by Pope ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, a U.S. astronaut, met briefly with Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the pope’s weekly general audience Aug. 8.

EMMITSBURG, Md. – In the final days of June 1863, the Civil War came perilously close to home for the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg. Days before the Battle of Gettysburg, the acres of their ...