MANILA, Philippines — The Vatican decreed that the Saint Gregory the Great Parish Church, commonly known as Majayjay Church, in Majayjay town, Laguna is a minor basilica. This is a first for the ...

sir was sent to Pope Innocent III after 1212 meaning that there was an Islamic tent in St Peter's Basilica at some point prior to the painting of the fresco. Gigante suggests that the tent could ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Faithful leave St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of a mass presided by Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sunday ...

Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Faithful leave St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of a mass presided by Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 ...

As I look back, I am so glad I lived through the pre-Vatican II church at Holy Rosary Parish in Jersey City. This close-knit community shaped my faith and nurtured my priestly vocation. “It was ...

The Bristol Township School District is mourning the loss of 9-year-old Lex Heinisch, a Mill Creek Elementary School fourth grader, who died in a tragic accident at his Croydon home on Tuesday night, ...

In Lackawanna, at the corner of Ridge Road and South Park Avenue across from the OLV National Shrine & Basilica, the Father Baker statue is now wearing a Josh Allen jersey "in the hopes of helping ...

Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on Dec. 12, 2024. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) The New Testament refers to others besides The Twelve as “apostles,” including a woman. The Letter to the Romans ...

“Not far from the White House is St. Mathew, where we baptized my son Peter. Or go to the Basilica at Catholic University. It’s referred to as America’s Catholic Church,” Doocy continued.

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has been plagued by allegations of abuse from within its community, including ...

Paul, Pope Francis will conclude the week with vespers in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica at 5:30 p.m. Rome time. As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began, Father Rafiq Khoury shared ...

He then chooses his papal name and heads to the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, making his first public appearance as pope.