. . . Whether we understand it or not, we are people of the cross. And so this Sunday, we take time to acknowledge it, revere ...

If St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's life was written as a Hollywood screenplay, a script doctor might say it was simply too tragic for audiences to believe -- let alone that the heroine would r ...

The widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk delivered an address Sept. 12, vowing that his legacy would live on and urging the nation, particularly its youth, to embrace faith, ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Brian Burch as the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See Sept. 13, accepting his letters of credential and a chocolate cake topped with a metallic red sign sa ...

Pope Francis had a special affinity for parents whose children have died. In November 2024, his prayer intention for the ...

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Seton, the first person born in what would become the United States of America to be declared a saint. It is an anni ...

In the fall of 1998, I took on my first teaching assignment as a middle school teacher at St. Ann School in Somerville. I was ...

If the working class is miserable, does "Rerum Novarum" speak to the reasons why?

Pope Leo XIV is seen in a screen grab delivering a video message to the people of the Italian island of Lampedusa about the importance of continuing to welcome migrants and refugees Sept. 12, 2025.

Following the example of Jesus, who, as the Gospel of Luke (4:16-30) relates, went to the Temple as was his custom, and he proceeded to read from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. The Word of God was an ...

Father John J. Healy was called "Father" by his parishioners in Lynn, Belmont, and Walpole. Before that, he was called "father" by his three children: Kristin, Leanne, and Matthew. A Hub native, born ...

Father Thomas J. Reilly hails from the Empire State and the Archdiocese of New York. He is the second son of the late Edward and Mary (Cody) Reilly, the older brother is Kenneth. He was raised in the ...