For parishioners at Holy Cross church on Buffalo's West Side, Lent began as both a self-reflective journey, and a celebration.

Repentance, reconciliation and renewal will be an integral part of my journey this season of hope. Due to a time conflict, I ...

The national shrines of St. John Neumann and St. Rita, and the Miraculous Medal Shrine, this year welcome pilgrims who will ...

Anxious waiting mixed with disturbing medical jargon — anyone who has sat bedside with a loved one can relate.

Lent calls Christians to employ “weapons of self-restraint:” prayer, fasting and good works. The greatest of these, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, is the ever-growing awareness of God’s love.

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

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the start of Lent while Pope Francis remained hospitalized in a precarious condition.

A rally was held by Islamist radicals on March 5 in Indonesia protesting Catholic worship taking place at a public social ...

Pope Francis remains so stable without respiratory crises that the Vatican's next update on his health will not come until Saturday.

Nearly 150 U.S. military personnel, patients, hospital staff and others gathered in Memorial Auditorium for the noon Mass.

Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the 88-year-old's ...

Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on ...