PHOTOS: Discover 8 beautiful images of the Virgin Mary in St. Peter’s Basilica
The basilica contains an icon of the Virgin Mary titled “Mater Ecclesiae,” which means “Mother of the Church.” The original image of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was…
Catholic ‘Shark Tank’: Startup founders pitch products with a purpose at SENT competition
Tania Kottoor, founder and CEO of West by East, began her presentation by telling the story of a first-generation Indian-American woman who grew up in a Catholic community and also…
Post office in Kansas receives new name in honor of Father Emil J. Kapaun
Kapaun was born in Pilsen, Kansas, on April 20, 1916. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Wichita on June 9, 1940. Four years later, he began at…
PHOTOS: Thousands visiting Sister Wilhelmina's body over holiday weekend
The local ordinary, Bishop Vann Johnston of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, who has visited the monastery to see Sister Wilhelmina’s remains, has said that a “thorough investigation” is…
Pope Francis encourages Marian shrines around the world to pray for Synod on Synodality
In the Philippines, 26 Marian shrines and minor basilicas will simultaneously hold prayers for the synod. Nicaragua has announced that all parishes will take part in a full day of…
On Pentecost, Pope Francis says Holy Spirit can bring harmony to ‘a polarized Church’
Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the Brazilian prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, served as the main celebrant for the Pentecost…
Pope Francis resumes normal schedule one day after fever
Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, said that “due to a feverish condition, Pope Francis did not receive in audience this morning.” According to the Vatican’s daily…
Here’s when Easter officially ends
Catholics observe Easter in different stages. Easter Sunday is the greatest Sunday of the year, and it marks the start of the “Easter octave,” or the eight days that stretch…
Columbus Diocese to close 15 churches; bishop calls for stronger Catholic engagement
The diocese serves more than 278,000 Catholics at 108 churches in 23 counties of central Ohio. The changes are needed due to declining church attendance and fewer young priests, as…
Morticians mystified by Sister Wilhelmina’s body: ‘Something special going on there’
“Bishop Johnston has been in touch with someone in Rome. He’s definitely working on it and trying to find a careful process, a careful approach, that’s well thought through,” she…
Cordileone on Serra statue case: Prosecutor signaled attacks against Catholics go unpunished
A defense of St. Junipero Serra Cordileone, in a May 24 letter to Frugoli’s office, said he has tried to “show goodwill and a desire to pursue a peaceful but…
Unsolved murder of Cardinal Posadas is ‘an open wound,’ Mexican bishops say
However, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, who succeeded Posadas as the archbishop of Guadalajara in 1994, has a different version of the story. In a 2016 Facebook video, Sandoval, then archbishop…