In early centuries, Christians executed in the Roman Empire for refusing to renounce their faith – called martyrs, meaning witnesses – were commemorated by their local communities and referred to as ...

“The first millennial saint …” Perhaps you’ve seen these words this past year as the Vatican declared a young man named Carlo ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel peace laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest, is to be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said ...

Thousands of pilgrims from Mexican villages, U.S. cities and elsewhere crowded into St. Peter's Square to salute the naming of four Roman Catholic saints in all, only the second canonization that ...

The saints of the Roman Catholic Church can play very practical everyday roles. My go-to for finding lost objects is St.

The dangers of life are many and safety is one of those dangers. Devotions can deflect us from what’s more central and can ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It's the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. That traditional belief has morphed over the centuries into the ...

(The Conversation) — Saints are recognized for exceptional virtue and faith. But some also are commemorated for their scholarship. In early centuries, Christians executed in the Roman Empire for ...