A special Mass at the cathedral in downtown Santa Fe commemorates 175 years for the diocese and 150 years as an archdiocese.

In 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. The move would see their sentences converted to life behind bars. It also came ahead of the White ...

“Never meet your heroes” is an old adage, but it’s apparently one that Surrealist superstar Salvador Dalí never paid much mind. In fact, even after a disappointing meeting with the father of ...

“Seldom in history have a man’s four-score years been turned with greater joy to all men who seek peace and righteousness here on earth, with greater and holier triumph following long days when bodily ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Giuseppe Wang Zhengui, 62, was installed and ordained as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday (Sept. 10) in an important milestone for a ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a ...

During another Jubilee Year 75 years ago, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption. Pius XII — whom the Church now honors as “Venerable” in recognition of his heroic virtue — ...

Pope Leo XIV waves after arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 6, 2025. The pope will stay in Castel Gandolfo for his customary retreat through July 20. (OSV News photo/Alessia Giuliani, CPP) Pope ...

My first Pope-related experience came when I was assigned a scrapbook on the late Pope Pius XII. Since he died in 1958, I assume this was a life summary scrapbook and I would have been in second grade ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit on Thursday to Castel Gandolfo, the traditional papal summer residence, to visit an ecological project launched under Pope Francis. According to a Vatican ...

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of transportation have evolved considerably over time, reflecting changes in the ...