With Pope Leo XIV set to proclaim of Saint John Henry Newman as a doctor of the Church Nov. 1, let’s consider what criterion ...

Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604) was born into a wealthy family in Rome. His father, Gordianus, was a senator and prefect who owned property in Rome and Sicily. During his youth, many people in ...

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena ...

An open-air Mass in Brazil on May 17, 1888, commemorating the abolition of slavery. (Alamy) It was the morning of May 24, 1888, and a large, ethnically diverse crowd waited in the Sala Ducale of the ...

There was only one place I wanted the ceremony to be held: my own parish church of the Assumption and St. James, in Claregalway, Ireland. L to R: Bishop Michael Duignan, Dana Scallon and John ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to select its next pope, Cardinal Wilton Gregory—the former archbishop for Atlanta's archdiocese—is playing a key role in this historic moment. Gregory, the first ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory gives his homily during an Easter Sunday Mass on March 31, 2024 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. (Credit: Patrick Ryan/Catholic Standard, Archdiocese ...

“Dearest brothers and sisters in Jesus, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Cardinal Wilton Gregory said from the altar at Mount Calvary Catholic Church Sunday morning. “Surely that scriptural ...