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As a cluster of Mary Immaculate Catholic School students huddled together in Times Square this March to gaze at their school’s logo shining bright and blue across the Nasdaq billboard, the moment was instantly unforgettable, a true once-in-a-lifetime experience — or so it seemed at the time.
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Pope Leo XIV will open his second day in Paris with a special visit. On Sept. 26, he will cross the threshold of Maison Bakhita, a facility run by the Archdiocese of Paris dedicated to providing shelter for people in extreme need, most often migrants.
From across the United States and around the world, faithful of all ages have traveled to St. Louis for the Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — and several pilgrims described the occasion as both a “gift” and a call to be missionary disciples.
Beads clicked against tabletops as parishioners threaded them into rosaries, pausing for conversation and laughter as children and adults worked side by side. At St. Jude Catholic Parish on Aug. 26, more than 100 people took part in an effort that combined fellowship and faith, ultimately producing 600 World Mission Rosaries to be donated to people attending the Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis, Missouri.
Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians should be actively involved in shaping that progress so that it serves human dignity and the common good, Pope Leo XIV said.
A gunman targeted an eastern Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
For Sean Myers, the Dallas-based national vice president of membership and leadership development for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a normal Friday morning at 11 a.m. can mean a meeting.
Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during a November trip to Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay, according to the full schedule the Vatican released Sept. 21.
The ever-increasing presence of artificial intelligence, with AI in every sphere of daily life, is generating a mental health crisis that threatens adults and children alike, according to Father Charles Sikorsky, president of Divine Mercy University, a private Catholic graduate school of psychology and counseling in Sterling, Virginia.
As the Jewish community marks the holiest day of its year, a U.S. Catholic bishop is extending his “warmest wishes,” while urging Catholics to reject antisemitism and recall the “deep spiritual bonds” between Jews and Catholics.