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Priests are called to be embraced and shaped by God's boundless love, and to realize that there is no place for division and hatred of any kind, Pope Leo XIV said.

The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new Catholic priests in a joyful Mass at its cathedral ...

The two young men from northern Italy will be canonized together this fall by Pope Leo XIV as the first saints of the new ...

MARIA STEIN - Salvage crews made a major breakthrough at the fire-ravaged St. John the Baptist Church when they unearthed the ...

Despite hot, windy conditions, nearly 150 people participated on Sunday in the Feast of Corpus Christi procession, an annual ...

"Let us bring the peace of the risen Lord to our world, with the freedom born of the knowledge that we have been loved, ...

A Catholic bishop has issued a pastoral warning to Catholics in Eastern Samar regarding the presence of a non-Catholic ...

Thousands of priests filled St. Peter’s Basilica for the June 27 Mass, the high point of this week’s Jubilee of Priests.

Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother, Antonia Acutis, reacted joyfully to the news that her son and fellow Italian Blessed Pier ...