Ah, dumb jokes. They’re little guilty pleasures we indulge in with giddy enthusiasm every chance we get. They make us groan and say, “Are you serious?” But, of course, they also make us chuckle. Bad ...

Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in ...

Adriana and Alyssa Lyons, 18-year-old twin sisters, graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian of the Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa on Tuesday, May 19.

Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that may one day help humans regrow lost limbs. By identifying powerful “SP genes” involved in regeneration, ...

Archbishop Emeritus of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan discusses Secretary Marco Rubio's meeting with Pope Leo XIV on 'The Story.' Urgent warning issued to thousands as chemical tank threatens ...

This week, Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself dressed in white robes, placing a glowing hand over an ill or deceased man in a hospital bed, as if to heal or resurrect him. The image, posted on ...

The Pentagon has denied threatening the Vatican during a late January meeting with the Holy See’s then-envoy to the U.S., as Pope Leo XIV has warned against the growing use of military action in ...

MANILA -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday joined leaders of the Catholic Church and members of the diplomatic community to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between the Philippines ...

Lent is traditionally observed as a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians before Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, in ...

Holy Week 2026 begins with Palm Sunday on March 29 and concludes with Easter Sunday on April 5. The Jewish holiday of Passover will begin on April 1, 2026, overlapping with Holy Week. Easter's date is ...

Holy Week 2026 begins on Palm Sunday, March 29, and leads up to Easter Sunday on April 5. Each day of Holy Week commemorates a different event from the final week of Jesus's life. The 40-day period of ...