Three Popes, Paul VI, John Paul II, and Francis, have visited Uganda, making it the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

Muslims in the pontiff's native city want to see Francis’ social justice approach to Christian-Muslim relations continue.

The Uganda martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and their story continues to resonate across Africa.

Two weeks ago, on Sat., May 17, Blake Finnegan, 9, and Natalie Adkins, 11, were named Little and Young Miss Dorchester. On this coming Sunday, June 1, wearing their new crowns and sashes on display, ...

Many shrines are located at places where specific martyrs were imprisoned, tried, tortured, or killed, with each site ...

From saints and scholars to fearless reformers, these popes didn’t just shape Church history — they shaped my life of faith.

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

From June 4, 1915 A class of 12 will graduate on Monday at the local high school commencement. The exercises will take place at the town hall. The following program will be given: Song, “O Italia, ...

On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła in Poland, visited his home country for the first time as pontiff, ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...