Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

Kennedy and astronaut Alan Shephard’s brief trip into space, Mary Blavet got off the train in Kearney. Just 19 years old, she had traveled 700 miles from her home in Duluth, Minnesota, to become a ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...

A Mass was set for 7 p.m. April 21 at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, which will be led by Archbishop Edward ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, marking the end of his funeral on Saturday, April 26 ...

I’ve found myself having trouble writing about Pope Francis since his death but I feel I should. It has been hard because I ...

Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the Son, help me and show me herein you are my Mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and ...

A Michigan teen might hold the key to sainthood for the Blessed Solanus Casey, the Capuchin friar who worked at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit.

The co-founder of Project HOME Sister Mary Scullion, a Sister of Mercy, recalls meeting Pope Francis during his visit to Philadelphia.

The public viewing of the pope will be held in St. Peter’s Basilica after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican. His funeral will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

217 A.D. "For Luke, in the inspired Gospel narratives, delivers a testimony not to Joseph only, but also to Mary, the Mother of God, and gives this account with reference to the very family and ...

But Pope Francis rose at dawn the following day and asked to be driven to St. Mary Major, a basilica in Rome that stands in honor of the blessed Mother. Just like one of the church’s flocks ...