As the Hebrides passed through pagan, Norse and Scottish rule, one voice endured above the turmoil: St. Columba, whose ...

The Mardi Gras season, also referred to as Carnival, begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday.

TAZEWELL, Tenn. (WATE) — An altercation outside of a Tazewell convenience store and a police pursuit across two counties reportedly involving members of an outlaw motorcycle club is under ...

On a chilly December night in Sandy Spring, Md., dozens of people crammed into the Woodlawn Manor for a Victorian-era Yuletide dance lesson, the wood floors creaking under the uncertain steps of ...

As Christians around the world prepare for Christmas—a celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth and a call to embody his teachings of love, peace, justice and service—it’s worth remembering that Jesus ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world's cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal ...

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PALM BEACH GARDENS — Pope Leo XIV has appointed a 50-year-old New York City priest to be the new bishop for the Diocese of Palm Beach. The Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez replaces Bishop Gerald M.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan never backed down from a political scrap, but was quick with a kind word and a sympathetic ear — and even kept a list of people he prayed for. At 75, the retiring leader of the ...

Pope Leo replaces Cardinal Dolan as Archbishop of New York Leo, first US pope, chooses fellow Chicagoan for New York role Bishop Ronald Hicks was serving in Joliet, Illinois Dolan, seen as ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure ...