The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the universal Church by Blessed Pius IX ...

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus ... she asked for and obtained permission from Pope Leo XIII to enter the Carmelite Monastery (or the Carmel) at the young age of 15. On entering the Carmel ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) gets defensive when accused of being hostile to the concerns and freedoms of Christians, but there’s no denying the troubling track record. Everyone knows it.

Agnellus was born in Pisa towards the end of the twelfth century. He met St. Francis during the latter’s preaching tour of ...

In a 2007 general audience, Pope Benedict XVI praised the saint for providing an “integral” form of ... St. Cyril of Jerusalem died in 387 and was named a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1883 ...

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia Papua New Guinea is set to have its first saint. On Monday, March 31, the Vatican confirmed in a press release that Pope Francis has approved the canonization (official ...

The oldest pope was Leo XIII (1810-1903), who died at the age of 93 years and 140 days; the second oldest was Celestine III (1106-98), who died at the age of 92. In the weeks since Francis ...