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...
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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...
New Wine for a New Season: Enrollment Now Open
One of the blessings of ministry is recognizing when something good needs room to grow. Since 2002, the New Wine...
US bishops commemorate Black History Month: ‘Let us be faithful stewards of memory’
Father Kareem Smith, president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, speaks during Mass at the inaugural New York Black...
Sister Thea Bowman’s sainthood moving forward to Vatican review
Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., who was nationally known for her work to...
Sainthood cause formally opened for northwoods catechist of ‘this wild country’
Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wis., holds a decree commencing the cause of beatification and canonization of the...
St. Alphonsus Students Pray for America: A Living Patriotic Rosary Event
St. Alphonsus 1st through 6th graders "Celebrated Our Nation" for Catholic Schools Week by praying the Patriotic Rosary. Students formed...
Olympics 2026: Pope calls for ‘healthy competition’ to unite people at Winter Games
Members of Athletica Vaticana, the Holy See's sports association, entrust the "Cross of Athletes" to Archbishop Mario Delpini of Milan...
