Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. In times of greater Lenten ...

Pope Leo XIV, the head of the world's smallest state, may make a brief visit to Monaco, the world's second-smallest state, this year, the Vatican confirmed.

As a relentless winter descends upon war torn Ukraine with temperatures dropping to 5 degrees Fahrenheit, the Holy See has intensified its humanitarian response to the nation's energy and health ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda gathered with parish staff Feb. 5 at St. Edward in Bloomington to share implementation plans for his second pastoral letter, “Only One Thing Is Necessary” on strengthening ...

On a bright morning Feb. 6 in Minneapolis, Jesuit Father Christopher Collins and Bishop Kevin Kenney led a prayer service outside the Diana E. Murphy courthouse for federal judges. About a dozen ...

Catholic faith was not part of comedian Catherine O'Hara's public-facing work and personality. She didn't mine that part of her life for laughs, focusing instead on developing her signature oddballs, ...

Just as the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina were about to begin, Pope Leo XIV called on the Catholic Church to recognize sport as an opportunity to offer much-needed human and spiritual ...

Father Jim Livingston — pastor of St. Paul in Ham Lake — said being a part of the Third Order Carmelites is a way to lead a life of prayer and contemplation in the world.

Pope Leo XIV met Feb. 6 with leaders of Courage International, a Catholic apostolate that provides spiritual support to people with same-sex attraction who seek to live chaste lives in accordance with ...

At Providence Academy in Plymouth, Sister Amelia Hueller of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia provides the presence of a religious sister to the students. When asked how she decided to become a ...

Jerome and Jessie Jumawan studied at the same Catholic university and, years later, attended the same wedding of a mutual ...

Ahead of the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Leo XIV has condemned the scourge of modern slavery, which has taken even more disturbing forms in our online ...