EAST CHICAGO — Roman soldiers walked the streets of this city Friday, accompanying a falsely accused man to his grisly execution on a cross. The occasion was Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish’s ...

I had a wedding a few weeks ago and the couple was very impressive. As can happen when one is a bishop, I was grateful that another priest conducted the marriage preparation for this couple. As a ...

Nellie Quintana was 10 years old when she went to her first Via Crucis with her mother in Pilsen, a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Chicago's Lower West Side. The dramatic reenactment of the ...

Pope Francis leaves the parish of Serafina at the end of a meeting with represenatitves of some aid and charity centers ahead of Sunday’s 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by ...

Following today’s General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict addressed a group of children from the "Citta di Speranza" (City of Hope) hospital in Padua, Italy, telling them encouragingly, ...

And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News. 12That is why I am suffering here in prison” ...

Following the Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima this morning, the Holy Father greeted pilgrims in seven different languages and delivered a special message of encouragement and hope to all who ...

Lent, including Holy Week, should be a time of renewal and growth in our spiritual lives. Maybe we can find a new lesson in a tried-and-true Lenten devotion, one that holds great depth: the Stations ...

A Christian life should be filled with amazement — astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said ...