The Day of Prayer for Peace Feb. 24 in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul responded to the national call for prayer amidst the “current climate of fear and polarization” regarding ...

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown. They also urged everyone to repair st ...

Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb March 22.

For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St. Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period of public veneration, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around ...