VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics: A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without ...

Alongside Patrick and Columba, Brigid is one of the most important Irish saints. Yet you would be hard-pressed to know it ...

Oral and folk tradition recount that St. Brigid made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used a shamrock to ...

COMMENTARY: A married layman and successful businessman, St. Homobonus showed how integrity at work and love of neighbor can ...

I was prepared for mercurial stars with little patience for peons, but you sense this project was a labor of love for all involved.

Today, the devout Catholic homesteading mother and grandmother is using what she learned as an Olympian to help young people and women find success in sport, live a healthy lifestyle and stay ...

Both the ACLU of Massachusetts, which sued to block the statues on behalf of the plaintiffs, and the city and its mayor, Thomas P. Koch, had sought the SJC review.

A legal dispute over two religious statues commissioned for Quincy's public safety building may be heard by the state's Supreme Judicial Court. A lower court judge previously ruled the statues likely ...

Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed by a priest. The contrasting Spanish traditions ...

The goal of Catholic schools to prepare students for service and success in the world, and ultimately to get to heaven, was on full display this past fall as fourth graders from St. Martin of Tours ...

Celebrating a birthday around the holidays can be a tricky proposition. Fortunately, the first concert of Boston Cecilia’s 150th anniversary season managed to avoid being overshadowed by the impending ...