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Pope Francis gazes up at the bronze statue of Mary atop the 39.4-foot column at Rome’s Spanish Steps, Dec. 8, 2024.

PHOTOS: Pope Francis marks Immaculate Conception in Rome with prayer, surprise art visit

Dec 8, 2024

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis marked the Immaculate Conception by visiting to two of Rome’s most important Marian sites, followed by an unexpected... Read more

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Caracas Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo.

As Venezuela’s presidential inauguration looms, Church calls for ‘respect for human rights’

Sister Tonia of the Heart of Jesus Borsellino at the booth for the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2025.

Former CNA intern finds her vocation at SEEK: Sister Tonia’s discernment journey

Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations as “life-threatening” winds whipped the region.

Wildfires in Los Angeles area level church, force school closures

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey.

Cardinal Tobin announces synodal ‘pastoral conversion’ initiative for Archdiocese of Newark

Students at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine.

Catholics challenge Maine law excluding faith-based schools from tuition assistance program

A priest gives Communion to children at the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.

U.S. bishops launch annual collection for Church in Latin America

Pope Francis greets young people gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Christians have a duty to prevent, condemn child exploitation

Sister Simona Brambilla, the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Here’s what to know about the first female Vatican prefect in the Catholic Church’s history

St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016.

China’s oldest priest dies at 104: a life of faith amid 25 years of persecution

Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials.

Poll finds most parents, including Catholics, oppose transgender ideology in schools

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