OKLAHOMA CITY — Archbishop Emeritus Eusebius J. Beltran, who formerly served as Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, passed away at 91 in Oklahoma City on Friday morning. The Diocese of Tulsa & Eastern ...

An Italian teenager who liked playing video games and making funny films of his pets became the Catholic Church’s first “millennial” saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died from ...

The Catholic world has gained its first millennial saint. Saint Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who tragically died in 2006, has been canonised by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony at the Vatican, giving ...

Pope Leo declared 15-year-old Carlo Acutis a saint on Sunday, Sept. 7, the first such ceremony of his tenure, canonizing the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, elevating him to the ...

Close to the start of the ancient Appian Way in Rome is the earliest known underground cemetery in the city, a network of catacombs containing remains of early Christian believers, popes and martyrs.

(RNS) — Pilgrims coming to Rome will have the opportunity to see the newly restored tomb of one of the first Catholic popes. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Close to the start of the ancient Appian Way in Rome ...

The Catholic Church is an ancient institution that has been a major fixture of European and global religion and politics for many centuries. Today, it is estimated that there are around 1.39 billion ...

The canonization for an Italian teenager who was set to become the first millennial saint has been postponed for at least one week after the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff died Monday ...

The cost to society of childhood asthma is more than AIDS and tuberculosis combined, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The numbers are “staggering,” says Donata Vercelli. Vercelli and ...

When Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson he had in his possession a handwritten document in which he described healthcare corporations as “mafiosa [that] ...

Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the philanthropic Greek bishop and inspiration behind Christmas icon Santa Claus. The six-foot-long limestone ...