Cardinal Timothy Dolan resigning, with Illinois Bishop Ronald Hicks as his replacement. As Bishop Ronald Hicks said, “As a ...

The rite was presided over by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, archpriest of the Marian basilica, who emphasized that “it is not ...

MIDDLTEON - Playing once again in the Pete Frates Classic, Pope Francis boys hockey advanced to the tournament’s final for ...

Pope Francis died in April, on Easter Monday, after addressing Catholics from St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. He was the Church’s first pontiff from Latin America, and The World’s Matthew Bell ...

Pope Leo XIV used his debut Christmas address to call for humanity towards migrants as Donald Trump continues his immigration ...

On the feast of Saint Stephen, the first martyr of the Church, Pope Leo XIV invited the faithful to contemplate martyrdom not ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope.

When the late Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica inside Vatican on Dec. 24, 2024, it heralded the Jubilee of Hope, a tradition celebrated every 25 years by the Catholic church.

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, is the feast of the Holy Family. Mass reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23. Over the Christmas Octave, the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged Christians to resist the temptation to treat others as enemies, saying the mystery of Christmas ...

In a year that brought both a new U.S. president and a new pope, the issue of immigration emerged as a flashpoint between ...

Tribune readers might be interested to know that even in heavily Catholic Italy, medically assisted dying has been ...