Two years ago, the archdiocese closed or merged dozens of parishes due to declining attendance and a scarcity of priests.But ...

While Pope Francis has been on the mend from double pneumonia, he remains frail and did not lead Easter services.

We got a goat.” For a former high school English teacher working on her PhD in Renaissance Literature while teaching at the ...

Today's "builders of Babel" are constructing a hell on earth, Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

You may have walked past for years and never realized it was there. The Franciscan Place at Destiny USA has been nestled in its little corner of the basement level ...

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

For 50 years, the Teutopolis Monastery Museum has been telling the story of the Franciscan friars who lived there and the village’s early settlers. “These steps, walls and floors all tell a story,” ...

A local church celebrated Good Friday with a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Members of St. Francis of Assisi ...

Franciscan Health Foundation recently launched a program to help new moms in honor of former nurse and long-time employee ...

St. Jerome Parish in Chicago continues its tradition of reenacting the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, drawing parishioners into a powerful, immersive reflection on Jesus' final hours.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dozens of devoted parishioners of the Church of St. Christopher and St. Margaret Mary R.C. Church held ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — In Eucharistic adoration, one of Cassie Clark’s go-to prayer tools is a prayer journal. Instead of being blank, however, each two-page spread prompts her to acknowledge, ...