Pope Leo XIV, carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica, ushered in Christianity’s most joyous celebration with his first Easter vigil service as pontiff Saturday ...

While the numbers of adult converts are trending upward, the reality is that the Catholic Church in the United States is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each year, on the night before Easter Sunday Rev. Michael Martine, pastor of Holy Rosary R.C. Church, leads the Easter Vigil into the South Beach church. The Easter Vigil, also ...

Although Pope Francis did not preside at the liturgy due to his ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, he made a surprise appearance in the basilica about two hours ...