ROME (Reuters) - The body of the mystic monk Padre Pio, one of the Roman Catholic world's most revered saints who died 40 years ago, has been exhumed to be prepared for display to his many devotees.

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Francis of Assisi every year on Oct. 4. Known as the patron saint of animals and ecology, the 13th-century Italian friar is often remembered for his ...

The first millennial saint lived in the digital age: He had a computer, a flip phone and a PlayStation. Among practicing ...

CANTERBURY, England — “It’s like an epicenter of holiness,” said Canon Marcus Holden, “like several continents put together, all in one little place.” Canon Holden, who formally established the Shrine ...

VATICAN CITY >> A teenager who died of leukemia in 2006 became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended by thousands of young ...