Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children in the Sistine Chapel in Rome on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026.

The year was 1982. As I was on the verge of entering the world, my grandparents undertook a pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel — a popular pursuit among Irish Catholics eager to explore sites documented ...

Facing deep financial and political challenges, the new mayor — a Latina former journalist — is betting New Orleans can still ...

Through friendships built as teammates, long-distance discernment, and the discipline of mission, these couples discovered ...

Whether you take down your holiday decorations the day after Christmas or you leave them up until well into January, each ...

Here's what date Easter 2026 will fall on, when the Easter season begins and ends, and why the date of Easter Sunday moves ...

There is one agent of unity in our Catholic faith that the secular culture lacks: the bishop of Rome, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

An eighteenth-century map shows the plan of St. Augustine, the capital of the Spanish colony of Florida. The location of Fort Mose, which was established in 1738 and was home to a militia consisting ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Just as we wouldn’t leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and ...

From Aloysius Attah, OnitshaThe Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has commended the efforts of security ...

DAVENPORT — Since the results of a diocesan-wide survey on Baptismal Identity and Lay Ministry were made public last year, ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...