Indeed, "during the leisure hours of vacation occasions for reading are plentiful," mused Pope Pius XII in a discourse on the ...

These last few weeks, I have spent traveling in the missions of Ethiopia with Daria Braithwaite, our Mission Education ...

How does everyone know what to do at Mass? You probably have some sense that there must be some place where all who are involved in the celebration of Mass will find out who does what, where, why, wh ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency tasked with enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment, said Aug. 18 it has taken ...

Ever since his brother was named pope, John Prevost hasn't been shy about talking to the press. Pope Leo XIV's first phone call with his brother went viral after a reporter captured i ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning is encouraging all pastors in the Archdiocese of Boston to hold a special collection for relief efforts in Gaza. In a letter to the pastors dated Aug. 15, t ...

CONCORD -- "How do you do this?" Jean Gifford was once asked about being a parish nurse, and she couldn't think of a simple answer. Gifford, better known as "Nurse Jean," has served as parish nurse at ...

The bells of Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish in Gloucester can only be accessed by a small wooden door, opened with force by a rusty key. The door opens to a two-story shaft barely the w ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston was vandalized on Aug. 14, the eve of the feast of the Assumption. A call to Boston Police that morning repo ...

Sister of St. Chretienne Pauline Fortin went to the hospital for the first time in her life this year. The 89-year-old sister missed the Easter Triduum at St. Anne Parish in Salem, where she ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe Aug. 22 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine ...

We begin our academic careers as six-year-olds with shiny shoes and brand-new pencil cases. The foundation for our success in ...