No official apostolic visits during the twelve years of Papacy. He chose the path of low-profile. Unlike his predecessors, ...

The listing for St. Benedict’s Monastery went under contract March 13 to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed amount. It’s ...

The bells tolled mournfully shortly after 9 in the morning, a small bouquet of wildflowers left at the entrance of the ...

Southern Italy, starting with Naples and Campania, is mobilizing for the final farewell to the 'Pope of the Southern World'.

Pope Francis, 88, died early April 21 in the Vatican City. Catholic of Diocese Bishop David Ricken reflects on Francis' ...

Himmler traveled to Barcelona in 1940 convinced that the Abbey of Montserrat hid in its tunnels the chalice from which Christ ...

Minnesotans paid their respects for Pope Francis, who died Monday the age of 88. Many expressed their admiration for the pope ...

Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.

Pope John Paul II, who ordained Ricken, was a philosopher who brought clarity, and Pope Benedict XVI was a theologian ... simply and serving the poor, Abbot Dane Radecki of St. Norbert Abbey ...

The university system is under attack. Professors risk careers by publicly speaking out on issues of intellectual freedom. Campuses have become tinderboxes. Meanwhile, the lines between church and ...