I was visiting a parish not my own when a young girl of about five greeted me. With a shy smile and the quiet encouragement of her family, she handed me a hand-colored greeting card welcoming me to he ...

The promise, you see, always included you. Me, too. The promise of God is what I'm talking about, a promise innumerably repeated in the S ...

At the start of final submissions in his landmark trial, Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor Aug. 18, after health concerns ha ...

Efforts to serve, defend and build up the Catholic community in the Amazon region must be centered on the proclamation of the Gospel, Pope Leo XIV said. When the Catholic Church ...

Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be ...

Mary's "yes" to God, to life and to love continues "in the martyrs of our time, in witnesses of faith and justice, of gentleness and peace," Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated Mass on the feast of ...

We begin our academic careers as six-year-olds with shiny shoes and brand-new pencil cases. The foundation for our success in ...

Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, quietly. But at one point in his priesthood, quiet was not the ...

Recently, archive staff had occasion to view the special issue of The Boston Globe published for the centennial of the Archdiocese of Boston in October 1908. Prominently featured on the front page of ...

The Xaverian Brothers gathered in Rome for the General Chapter of the congregation, the 29th in its storied history. During the chapter, delegates elected new leadership for the congregation. The new ...

As the calendar marks 100 days of Pope Leo XIV's papacy Aug. 16, experts are scrutinizing his words and actions in hopes of pinpointing his leadership style, priorities and vision for th ...

Some immigrant religious workers are facing legal limbo, and Catholic advocates are pushing the Trump administration to address the backlog in their visa category. Many immig ...