The archbishop, 61, was entrusted with the offices associated with the archpriest of St. Basilica, including vicar general of ...

Pope Leo announced Sunday that he will be having surgery this week to remove a nodule from his lung. He said that the nodule ...

On a glass shelf in a small cabinet in the little Fulton Sheen museum, a few blocks from the cathedral in Peoria, Illinois, there sits a small blue medallion on a chain. It’s the Patronal Medal, ...

The organizers of the Vatican’s Amoris laetitia meeting announced Friday the names of the members of the committee charged with reviewing the gathering’s concluding report before publication The ...

Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and commentary. 📜 Today’s readings: Friday ...

According to an official Vatican media news report, Tagle was elected by the cardinal-bishops, the most senior ranking cardinals of the college, on Thursday Oct. 8 and will now se ...

The big story this week in the Church is the meeting currently happening in Rome, convened by Pope Leo to mark the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia. We have some coverage of that, and we will ...

A major new study of Catholics in Australia who do not regularly attend Sunday Mass has concluded that most participants still retain a deep connection with their faith. The 176-page report “Absent ...

Born in the Spanish town of Cuacos in the 1550s, Blas Rodríguez de Cuacos joined the discalced Franciscans of San Gabriel. He came to La Florida in 1590, working in the village of Tupiqui. He was ...