‘Venerable’ Boys Town founder Father Flanagan ‘a model of charity,’ says Omaha archbishop
Father Edward Flanagan, the Irish-born priest who founded Boys Town in Nebraska, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Leo...
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Pascagoula-born Josephite Father William Norvel, 13th Superior General, Dies at 90
Josephite Father William Norvel relates the story of the Good Samaritan to children at St. Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore...
‘Catholic Saints of America’ event celebrates America’s 250th birthday
Worshippers are pictured in a file photo praying during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at the National Shrine of Our...
USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert ‘tragedy of immense proportions’
A protester throws a smoke-emitting object as supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite armed groups attempt to move toward the U.S. embassy...
St. Francis’ relics open to public for first extended veneration in 800 years
The relics of St. Francis are exposed for veneration in the lower crypt of the Basilica of St. Francis in...
New Orleans Catholic leader, longtime Xavier president dies at 94
Norman C. Francis, then-president of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, is pictured in an undated photo. Francis, who...
Oldest priest in Archdiocese of Newark reflects on 104 years of life and 78 years of ministry
Msgr. James C. Turro greets a young parishioner at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Park Ridge, N.J., in an...
Assisi relic arrives in Southern Arabian vicariate
A Franciscan friar hands a reliquary to Bishop Paolo Martinelli, apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, Feb. 9, 2026, in Assisi,...
Pope Leo XIV prays at Vatican’s Lourdes grotto for the sick on World Day of the Sick
Pope Leo XIV greets a child in the Lourdes Grotto at the Vatican Gardens on the World Day of the...
New York’s new archbishop ‘grounded’ by love of God, the poor and the people he serves
Then-Father Ronald A. Hicks is pictured in an undated photo blessing children during an Ash Wednesday Mass while he was...
