The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines ...

Today, April 17, is Maundy Thurday. It is a part of “Holy Week” observed by Roman Catholics around the world and in India, to ...

For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and ...

Toronto’s streets again become a vivid testament to Christ’s Passion as St. Francis of Assisi Parish carries on its long-standing Good Friday Procession, a Holy Week tradition in the downtown core for ...

Using Rembrandt’s painting “Return of the Prodigal Son” as inspiration, the Holy Father said God’s love is like that of a ...

To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the ...

In the province of Cavite, several centuries-old churches offer a space for prayer and reflection this Holy Week.

Born in 1991, an Italian boy will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation on April 27.

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week."To carry the cross of ...

For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model ...

In honor of Carlo’s love for the Eucharist, make sure to visit one or more of the Eucharistic miracles not far from Assisi, Italy.