Bishop Persico recalls the history of Catholic sisters in northwestern Pennsylvania and their contributions to education, health and social services.

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year is proceeding without him ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

It is said that Waterford priest Fr Luke Wadding was the founder of St. Patrick’s Day. In the 1630s, while based in Rome, Wadding was responsible for creating the official list of saints for the Roman ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to ...

ASSISI, Italy — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to ...

It’s the first Sunday in months that churchgoers were allowed back into that worship space since a fire damaged it in late ...