On October 23, King Charles and Queen Camilla embarked on a state visit to the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff. Their visit marked the first time in 500 years that a ...

German journalist and Vatican insider Paul Badde made the Holy Face of Manoppello known around the world. He died Nov. 10, ...

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Pope Leo XIV during a Friday audience at the Vatican reminded teachers and students from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family of their mission to both speak and ...

Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman, along with St. Thomas Aquinas, as a patron saint of the Catholic Church’s educational mission in his recent apostolic letter on education, “Drawing New ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the influential 19th- century British convert and theologian. Florida boat builder faces 30 ...

A tapestry of St. John Henry Newman hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Nov. 1, 2025, during the Mass in which Pope Leo XIV declared the 19th-century English cardinal and ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church's highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring ...

Ace Frehley’s family and friends celebrated his life on Wednesday during an intimate ceremony in the Bronx, which was also attended by Frehley’s Kiss co-founders Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter ...

Ace Frehley has been laid to rest. The KISS co-founder and original guitarist was buried in New York City on Wednesday during a ceremony attended by his friends, family and former bandmates Gene ...

When I was in seminary back in the mid-1980s, I was informed by some of my seminary teachers that the old funeral (requiem) Masses were a very dark affair. Black vestments and somber prayers, all ...