Just steps from Rome’s Trevi Fountain lies a Marian shrine Romans call the “Little Lourdes.” At Santa Maria in Via, pilgrims have venerated Our Lady of the We ...

Pope Leo XIV makes a historic Apostolic Journey to France, visiting Paris, Lourdes and Metz 18 years after the last official papal state visit. From Notre-Dame and a prayer vigil with nearly 80,000 ...

Built for Pope Leo XIII, who could not travel to the French shrine, the Vatican’s replica of the Grotto of Lourdes has become a beloved place of Marian prayer for generations of popes.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops' conference and Pope Leo XIV's envoy for humanitarian issues, recently returned from Moscow, where he met with Russian officials. This comes ...

Saint Bernadette – the young girl to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to 18 times in Lourdes, France – has long been a powerful intercessor for physical and spiritual healing. Her first class ...

While one million children around the world offered up the Rosary for peace, about 1,300 of those voices were coming from the Vatican Gardens on the first day of the month dedicated to the ...

According to a press release from the Basilica, the relics of the manger in which Christ was laid at His birth will be moved from their place in the Confessio before the Papal Altar of the Saint Mary ...

Eighteen seminarians from dioceses across the United States were ordained transitional deacons at St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the final major step before priestly ordination. The ordination Mass was ...

Pope Leo XIV recently concluded his four-day trip to France. And in a country that recently legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide, and had previously added the right to have an abortion to its ...

Sept. 29, 2026 : On the final day of his four-day trip to France on September 28, 2026, Pope Leo XIV visited the northeastern city of Metz for his final public stops before returning to Rome.

What made Fulton Sheen’s message resonate with millions, and why does it still matter today? In this conversation, Catholics reflect on Sheen’s enduring call to surrender to God’s unfailing love, step ...

In Germany, a pair of marches for life recently drew several thousand people and many Church leaders. The marches come as the country grapples with two high-profile attempts to legitimize surrogacy, ...