A few weeks ago, controversy erupted over a claim that Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich had instructed a priest in that archdiocese to cease and desist from publicly reciting the “Prayer to St. Michael ...

Several weeks ago at Sunday Mass, as I was going through some fatherly difficulty, I asked St. Joseph for his intercession. As a Catholic husband and a father of nine children, I have developed a ...

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on Nov. 24, 2021. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...

Pope Francis has decreed a Year of St. Joseph in which Catholics will have the opportunity to obtain a special plenary indulgence. Until December 2021, there are many new ways that Catholics can ...

Several thousand people are expected to attend the St. Joseph’s Altar at Cypress Springs Mercedarian Prayer Center on Sunday, March 13. The altar is free and open to the public from 12:30-4 p.m. at ...

The month of May is usually dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary with May Processions in her honor, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, many novenas, etc. However, the first day of May is the Feast of St ...

An Illinois priest has alleged that Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, ordered him to cease praying the Prayer to St. Michael and the Hail Mary publicly after Mass, but the church's pastor ...

Pope Francis greets nuns during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 2, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on ...

When Pope Francis in December 2020 decreed a special year for the Catholic Church dedicated to St. Joseph, parishes across the globe named for the biblical adoptive father took up the charge of ...

I’ve always been drawn to the quiet mystery of abbeys — in books, in travel, and even here in Louisiana. Until earlier this month I had never been to St. Joseph Abbey near Covington. All I knew about ...