Michaela is the seven-year-old daughter of Dianna Sacco Solimini, a former superbly talented dancer at Beverly Richards’ East Boston studio, and Joe Solimine. She has an older brother, Matthew, 12.

I’m truly humbled and grateful to receive this honor from Pope Leo XIV, who reminds us that faith lies at the heart of our ...

"The Lord is changing you, not so much into someone dramatically new, but into the very person he's always meant you to be," Cardinal Dolan said.