A worker removes grout during tuck pointing of the native limestone at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church on State Street in Alton on Monday, April 7, 2025. The church, built in its current location ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica.

Fluent in Spanish, French, Italian and German, Cardinal McCarrick — an advocate for progressive social causes who also reinforced church dogma — served as John Paul’s emissary on human ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered on the Lord’s Day at Saints Peter and Paul ... in church at 6:30 p.m. Confession is available afterwards. Our Lenten Fish Fry will take place on April 11 from ...

When the 51-year-old Koovakad joined 21 priests from around the world, who were inducted into the College of Cardinals on Saturday at the St Peter ... church expert said. However, Fr Paul ...

The Argentinian pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a "Good ...

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

VATICAN CITY -- A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a "Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week," in yet another ...