Did you know that the Nativity Fast prepares us to experience the true meaning of Christmas? Each year, on November 15, a 40-day fasting period begins in preparation for the Lord's Nativity. As one of ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say "yes" to God's plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.

During a trip to Europe in 1953, accomplished 20th-century jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams was exhausted, ...

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

In his remarks, the Holy Father called on the faithful to turn to Mary, entrust themselves to her, and imitate her 'yes' to ...

In Christian tradition, an archangel is among of the most revered and powerful spiritual beings in the celestial hierarchy.

The Latin Church bishops of the conference voted 220-2, with one abstention, to approve the final draft of “The Order of ...

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg ...

They are often invoked in prayer and meditation for guidance ... He announced the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary and is associated with the Annunciation, a pivotal moment in Christian theology. In ...

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg ...

The pope marked the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii with ...

St. James Episcopal, a church within the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, has been doing outreach to farmworkers in the ...